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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-05-19 10:44:24 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-05-19 10:44:24 +0000
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Language and markup polishing.
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@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility executes
+utility executes another
.Ar utility
after modifying the environment as
specified on the command line.
@@ -57,23 +57,25 @@ The option
.Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value
specifies
an environment variable,
-.Ar name ,
+.Ar name ,
with a value of
-.Ar value .
+.Ar value .
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl i
Execute the
.Ar utility
-with only those environment values specified.
+with only those environment variables specified.
The environment inherited
by
.Nm
is ignored completely.
.El
.Pp
-If no utility is specified,
+If no
+.Ar utility
+is specified,
.Nm
prints out the names and values
of the variables in the environment, with one name/value pair per line.
@@ -81,13 +83,13 @@ of the variables in the environment, with one name/value pair per line.
The
.Nm
utility is sometimes useful with the
-.Dq Li #!
+.Ql #!
construct (see
.Xr execve 2 ) .
The only difference between
.Dq Li #!/usr/local/bin/foo
and
-.Dq Li "#!/usr/bin/env\ /usr/local/bin/foo"
+.Dq Li "#!/usr/bin/env /usr/local/bin/foo"
is that the latter works even if
.Pa /usr/local/bin/foo
is itself interpreted.
@@ -109,10 +111,10 @@ if the name contains no
characters.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.Ex -std
-An exit status of 126 indicates
+An exit status of 126 indicates that
.Ar utility
was found, but could not be executed.
-An exit status of 127 indicates
+An exit status of 127 indicates that
.Ar utility
could not be found.
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
@@ -140,5 +142,6 @@ utility conforms to
.Sh BUGS
The
.Nm
-utility doesn't handle utility arguments with equal (``='') signs in their
-names, for obvious reasons.
+utility does not handle utility arguments with equal signs
+.Pq Ql =
+in their names, for obvious reasons.
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