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authorjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2010-05-24 13:28:12 +0000
committerjilles <jilles@FreeBSD.org>2010-05-24 13:28:12 +0000
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sh(1): Improve wording of 'Special Parameters' section.
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@@ -1040,13 +1040,9 @@ The
.Ic set
built-in command can also be used to set or reset them.
.Ss Special Parameters
-A special parameter is a parameter denoted by a special one-character
-name.
-The special parameters recognized by the
-.Nm
-shell of
-.Fx
-are shown in the following list, exactly as they would appear in input
+Special parameters are parameters denoted by a single special character
+or the digit zero.
+They are shown in the following list, exactly as they would appear in input
typed by the user or in the source of a shell script.
.Bl -hang
.It Li $*
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