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authorJason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-11-21 07:59:41 +0000
committerJason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org>1996-11-21 07:59:41 +0000
commite7ba2dde1be71475ca9e13475a5da793e6e71492 (patch)
tree92fc7d77b93be740bc71187341a0164e93242b61 /bin/ksh/ksh.1
parent348b1798b3067a1b3e79d9460d7f51a07ccd44ef (diff)
Update to 5.2.12.
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/ksh/ksh.1')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/bin/ksh/ksh.1 b/bin/ksh/ksh.1
index 9a1d313a355..f9118ca871e 100644
--- a/bin/ksh/ksh.1
+++ b/bin/ksh/ksh.1
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
'\" t
-.\" $OpenBSD: ksh.1,v 1.1 1996/10/01 09:05:21 downsj Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ksh.1,v 1.2 1996/11/21 07:59:30 downsj Exp $
.\"{{{}}}
.\"{{{ Notes about man page
.\" - use the pseudo-macros .sh( and .sh) to begin and end sh-specific
@@ -1822,9 +1822,10 @@ If the input line ends in a backslash and the \fB\-r\fP option was not used, the
backslash and newline are stripped and more input is read.
If no input is read, \fBread\fP exits with a non-zero status.
.sp
-A prompt, which is printed to standard error before any input is read, may be
-specified by appending and question mark and the prompt to the
-first parameter (\fIe.g.\fP, \fBread nfoo?'number of foos: '\fP).
+The first parameter may have a question mark and a string appended to it, in
+which case the string is used as a prompt (printed to standard error before
+any input is read) if the input is a tty
+(\fIe.g.\fP, \fBread nfoo?'number of foos: '\fP).
.sp
The \fB\-u\fP\fIn\fP and \fB\-p\fP options cause input to be read
from file descriptor \fIn\fP or the current co-process (see Co-Processes above