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diff --git a/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 b/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 index a28efdb..ee1ae4e 100644 --- a/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 +++ b/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ .Op Ar file ... .Sh DESCRIPTION The -.Nm sed +.Nm utility reads the specified files, or the standard input if no files are specified, modifying the input as specified by a list of commands. The input is then written to the standard output. @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ by default. The .Fl a option causes -.Nm sed +.Nm to delay opening each file until a command containing the related .Dq w function is applied to a line of input. @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ option suppresses this behavior. .El .Pp The form of a -.Nm sed +.Nm command is as follows: .sp .Dl [address[,address]]function[arguments] @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Whitespace may be inserted before the first address and the function portions of the command. .Pp Normally, -.Nm sed +.Nm cyclically copies a line of input, not including its terminating newline character, into a .Em "pattern space" , @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ pattern space that matches the second. (If the second address is a number less than or equal to the line number first selected, only that line is selected.) Starting at the first line following the selected range, -.Nm sed +.Nm starts looking again for the first address. .Pp Editing commands can be applied to non-selected pattern spaces by use @@ -156,12 +156,12 @@ of the exclamation character function. .Sh "Sed Regular Expressions" The -.Nm sed +.Nm regular expressions are basic regular expressions (BRE's, see .Xr regex 3 for more information). In addition, -.Nm sed +.Nm has the following two additions to BRE's: .sp .Bl -enum -compact @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ in the substitute command. .El .Pp One special feature of -.Nm sed +.Nm regular expressions is that they can default to the last regular expression used. If a regular expression is empty, i.e. just the delimiter characters @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ and functions take an optional file parameter, which should be separated from the function letter by white space. Each file given as an argument to -.Nm sed +.Nm is created (or its contents truncated) before any input processing begins. .Pp The @@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ the function letters by white space characters. .Pp Two of the functions take a function-list. This is a list of -.Nm sed +.Nm functions separated by newlines, as follows: .Bd -literal -offset indent { function @@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ option on the command line. .El .Pp The -.Nm sed +.Nm utility exits 0 on success and >0 if an error occurs. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr awk 1 , @@ -503,12 +503,12 @@ utility exits 0 on success and >0 if an error occurs. .Xr re_format 7 .Sh HISTORY A -.Nm sed +.Nm command appeared in .At v7 . .Sh STANDARDS The -.Nm sed +.Nm function is expected to be a superset of the .St -p1003.2 specification. |
