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authorjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2010-11-12 14:40:20 +0000
committerjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2010-11-12 14:40:20 +0000
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sh(1): Modernize the introduction a bit.
In particular, remove the text about ksh-like features, which are usually taken for granted nowadays. The original Bourne shell is fading away and for most users our /bin/sh is one of the most minimalistic they know.
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diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1
index d529692..062a9da 100644
--- a/bin/sh/sh.1
+++ b/bin/sh/sh.1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" from: @(#)sh.1 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/4/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd October 31, 2010
+.Dd November 12, 2010
.Dt SH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -65,20 +65,13 @@ The
utility is the standard command interpreter for the system.
The current version of
.Nm
-is in the process of being changed to
-conform with the
-.St -p1003.2
+is close to the
+.St -p1003.1
specification for the shell.
-This version has many features which make
-it appear
-similar in some respects to the Korn shell, but it is not a Korn
-shell clone like
-.Nm pdksh .
-Only features
+It only supports features
designated by
.Tn POSIX ,
-plus a few Berkeley extensions, are being
-incorporated into this shell.
+plus a few Berkeley extensions.
This man page is not intended to be a tutorial nor a complete
specification of the shell.
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