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-rw-r--r--bin/sh/sh.118
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/bin/sh/sh.1 b/bin/sh/sh.1
index 985f011..3499969 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 10, 2010
+.Dd October 16, 2010
.Dt SH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -736,6 +736,13 @@ both of a command is considered to be assigned by the
pipeline before any redirection specified by redirection
operators that are part of the command.
.Pp
+Note that unlike some other shells,
+.Nm
+executes each process in a pipeline with more than one command
+in a subshell environment and as a child of the
+.Nm
+process.
+.Pp
If the pipeline is not in the background (discussed later),
the shell waits for all commands to complete.
.Pp
@@ -773,15 +780,6 @@ to be executed sequentially;
an
.Ql &
causes asynchronous execution of the preceding AND-OR-list.
-.Pp
-Note that unlike some other shells,
-.Nm
-executes each process in the pipeline as a child of the
-.Nm
-process.
-Shell built-in commands are the exception to this rule.
-They are executed in the current shell, although they do not affect its
-environment when used in pipelines.
.Ss Background Commands (&)
If a command is terminated by the control operator ampersand
.Pq Ql & ,
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