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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/printenv/printenv.118
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/printenv/printenv.1 b/usr.bin/printenv/printenv.1
index 4efcf04..b4fb31f 100644
--- a/usr.bin/printenv/printenv.1
+++ b/usr.bin/printenv/printenv.1
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
.\"
.Dd June 6, 1993
.Dt PRINTENV 1
-.Os BSD 3
+.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm printenv , env
.Nd print out the environment, set and print environment
@@ -46,12 +46,13 @@
.Nm env
.Op Fl
.Op Fl i
-.Op Ar name=value ...\&
+.Op Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value ...
.Op Ar command
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Printenv
prints out the names and values of the variables in the environment,
-with one name/value pair per line. If
+with one name/value pair per line.
+If
.Ar name
is specified, only
its value is printed.
@@ -73,8 +74,9 @@ manual page.
executes
.Ar command
after modifying the environment as
-specified on the command line. The option
-.Ar name=value
+specified on the command line.
+The option
+.Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value
specifies
an environment variable,
.Ar name ,
@@ -104,13 +106,13 @@ of the variables in the environment, with one name/value pair per line.
.Pp
.Nm env
is sometimes useful with the
-.Qq #!
+.Dq Li #!
construct (see
.Xr execve 2 ) .
The only difference between
-.Qq #!/usr/local/bin/foo
+.Dq Li #!/usr/local/bin/foo
and
-.Qq #!/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.
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