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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 22:22:35 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-07-02 22:22:35 +0000
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Mechanically kill hard sentence breaks.
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diff --git a/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1 b/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1
index 09680ff..3de5c77 100644
--- a/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1
+++ b/usr.bin/getopt/getopt.1
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ has.
.Pp
Arguments containing white space or embedded shell metacharacters
generally will not survive intact; this looks easy to fix but
-isn't. People trying to fix
+isn't.
+People trying to fix
.Nm
or the example in this manpage should check the history of this file
in
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ command to set the arguments without disrupting the value(s) of
shell options varies from one shell version to another.
.Pp
Each shellscript has to carry complex code to parse arguments halfway
-correctly (like the example presented here). A better getopt-like tool
+correctly (like the example presented here).
+A better getopt-like tool
would move much of the complexity into the tool and keep the client
shell scripts simpler.
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