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@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@
An array of strings called the
.Ar environment
is made available by
-.Xr execve 2
-when a process begins. By convention these strings have the form
+.Xr execve 2
+when a process begins.
+By convention these strings have the form
.Dq Ar name=value .
The following names are used by various commands:
.Bl -tag -width LC_MONETARY
@@ -76,14 +77,14 @@ call to ask the terminal driver for the width.
Default editor name.
.It Ev EXINIT
A startup list of commands read by
-.Xr ex 1
+.Xr ex 1
and
-.Xr vi 1 .
+.Xr vi 1 .
.It Ev HOME
A user's login directory, set by
-.Xr login 1
+.Xr login 1
from the password file
-.Xr passwd 5 .
+.Xr passwd 5 .
.It Ev LANG
This variable configures all programs which use
.Xr setlocale 3
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ for formatting output.
The location of the user's
mailbox instead of the default in /var/mail,
used by
-.Xr mail 1 ,
+.Xr mail 1 ,
.Xr sh 1 ,
and many other mailclients.
.It Ev NLSPATH
@@ -130,27 +131,28 @@ List of directories to be searched for the message catalog referred to by
See
.Xr catopen 3 .
.It Ev PAGER
-Default paginator program. The program specified by this variable is used by
+Default paginator program.
+The program specified by this variable is used by
.Xr mail 1 ,
.Xr man 1 ,
.Xr ftp 1 ,
etc, to display information which is longer than the current display.
.It Ev PATH
The sequence of directories, separated by colons, searched by
-.Xr csh 1 ,
-.Xr sh 1 ,
-.Xr system 3 ,
-.Xr execvp 3 ,
+.Xr csh 1 ,
+.Xr sh 1 ,
+.Xr system 3 ,
+.Xr execvp 3 ,
etc, when looking for an executable file.
.Ev PATH
is set to ``/usr/bin:/bin'' initially by
-.Xr login 1 .
+.Xr login 1 .
.It Ev PRINTER
The name of the default printer to be used by
-.Xr lpr 1 ,
-.Xr lpq 1 ,
+.Xr lpr 1 ,
+.Xr lpq 1 ,
and
-.Xr lprm 1 .
+.Xr lprm 1 .
.It Ev PWD
The current directory pathname.
.It Ev SHELL
@@ -158,10 +160,11 @@ The full pathname of the user's login shell.
.It Ev TERM
The kind of terminal for which output is to be prepared.
This information is used by commands, such as
-.Xr nroff 1
+.Xr nroff 1
or
.Xr plot 1
-which may exploit special terminal capabilities. See
+which may exploit special terminal capabilities.
+See
.Pa /usr/share/misc/termcap
.Pq Xr termcap 5
for a list of terminal types.
@@ -173,10 +176,11 @@ it begins with a '/', the name of the termcap file.
See
.Ev TERMPATH
below, and
-.Xr termcap 5 .
+.Xr termcap 5 .
.It Ev TERMPATH
A sequence of pathnames of termcap files, separated by colons or spaces,
-which are searched for terminal descriptions in the order listed. Having
+which are searched for terminal descriptions in the order listed.
+Having
no
.Ev TERMPATH
is equivalent to a
@@ -213,13 +217,13 @@ Further names may be placed in the environment by the
command and
.Ar name=value
arguments in
-.Xr sh 1 ,
+.Xr sh 1 ,
or by the
.Ic setenv
command if you use
-.Xr csh 1 .
+.Xr csh 1 .
It is unwise to change certain
-.Xr sh 1
+.Xr sh 1
variables that are frequently exported by
.Pa .profile
files, such as
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