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| From | Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> |
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| Subject | Re: In the bash man page the entry for the 'read' command has two spaces after it instead of one. |
| Date | Fri, 21 Aug 2015 16:02:53 +0200 |
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Jerry Marbas <jerry.marbas@gmail.com> writes:
> I use the manpage of bash a lot and when I want to find a command I usually type: <command> \[
> But for 'read' entry has two spaces between 'read' and the '[' making me type: read \[
Try searching for '^ {7}read ' instead. There are commands that aren't
followed by options in the description.
> Remove the extra space.
The extra space is part of justifying the text. Depending on the line
length there may be different amount of space to spread out.
Andreas.
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Re: In the bash man page the entry for the 'read' command has two spaces after it instead of one. Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> - 2015-08-21 16:02 +0200
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