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@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ The size of the block units used by several commands, most notably
.Xr du 1
and
.Xr ls 1 .
-BLOCKSIZE may be specified in units of a byte by specifying a number,
+.Ev BLOCKSIZE
+may be specified in units of a byte by specifying a number,
in units of a kilobyte by specifying a number followed by ``K'' or
``k'', in units of a megabyte by specifying a number followed by ``M''
or ``m'' and in units of a gigabyte by specifying a number followed
@@ -72,9 +73,9 @@ A user's login directory, set by
from the password file
.Xr passwd 5 .
.It Ev LANG
-This variable configure all programs which use
+This variable configures all programs which use
.Xr setlocale 3
-to specified locale.
+to use the specified locale.
.It Ev PATH
The sequence of directories, separated by colons, searched by
.Xr csh 1 ,
@@ -82,7 +83,8 @@ The sequence of directories, separated by colons, searched by
.Xr system 3 ,
.Xr execvp 3 ,
etc, when looking for an executable file.
-PATH is set to ``/usr/bin:/bin'' initially by
+.Ev PATH
+is set to ``/usr/bin:/bin'' initially by
.Xr login 1 .
.It Ev PRINTER
The name of the default printer to be used by
@@ -103,7 +105,9 @@ which may exploit special terminal capabilities. See
.Pq Xr termcap 5
for a list of terminal types.
.It Ev TERMCAP
-The string describing the terminal in TERM, or, if
+The string describing the terminal in
+.Ev TERM ,
+or, if
it begins with a '/', the name of the termcap file.
See
.Ev TERMPATH
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ Setting this variable will make them use another directory.
.It Ev TZ
The timezone to use when displaying dates.
The normal format is a pathname relative to
-.Dq /usr/share/zoneinfo .
+.Dq Pa /usr/share/zoneinfo .
For example, the command
.Dq env TZ=US/Pacific date
displays the current time in California.
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