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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.
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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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