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| author | stefanf <stefanf@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-09-03 16:06:04 +0000 |
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| committer | stefanf <stefanf@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-09-03 16:06:04 +0000 |
| commit | 50da0d71bf56d64b1d31b1a4aac5828acc47dc99 (patch) | |
| tree | a185c79011b97cf1071e60554fb28407cf4c1966 /bin | |
| parent | 7192488ee7b9b6f455209ae4344497e561cf6e7e (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-50da0d71bf56d64b1d31b1a4aac5828acc47dc99.zip FreeBSD-src-50da0d71bf56d64b1d31b1a4aac5828acc47dc99.tar.gz | |
Document that `in word ...' is optional in the for command.
Diffstat (limited to 'bin')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/sh/sh.1 | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1 index 2e76dee..69e7d46 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 September 2, 2005 +.Dd September 3, 2005 .Dt SH 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -787,10 +787,15 @@ repeat until the exit status of the first list is zero. The syntax of the .Ic for command is: -.Dl Ic for Ar variable Ic in Ar word ... +.Dl Ic for Ar variable Op Ic in Ar word ... .Dl Ic do Ar list .Dl Ic done .Pp +If +.Ic in +and the following words are ommitted, +.Ic in Li $@ +is used instead. The words are expanded, and then the list is executed repeatedly with the variable set to each word in turn. The |
