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authorBenno Schulenberg2016-03-17 10:39:12 +0100
committerKarel Zak2016-03-17 12:18:53 +0100
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parentlscpu: improve spacing and spelling in the man page (diff)
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script: tweak spacing and wording, and restore filling in the man page
Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
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diff --git a/term-utils/script.1 b/term-utils/script.1
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@@ -124,12 +124,13 @@ meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal.
.PP
It is not recommended to run
.B script
-in non-interactive shells. The inner shell of
+in non-interactive shells. The inner shell of
.B script
-is always interactive, and this could lead to unexpected results. If you use
+is always interactive, and this could lead to unexpected results. If you use
.B script
in the shell initialization file, you have to avoid entering an infinite
-loop. Use e. g. profile file, which is read by login shells only:
+loop. You can use for example the \fB\%.profile\fR file, which is read
+by login shells only:
.RS
.RE
.sp
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ if test -t 0 ; then
fi
.fi
.RE
+.ad
.PP
You should also avoid use of script in command pipes, as
.B script
@@ -178,11 +180,11 @@ in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces. This is not what the
naive user expects.
.PP
.B script
-is primarily designed for interactive terminal sessions, it's possible that when stdin
-is not a terminal (for example "echo foo | script") then all session hung ups, because
-interactive shell within script session miss EOF and the
+is primarily designed for interactive terminal sessions. When stdin
+is not a terminal (for example: \fBecho foo | script\fR), then the session
+can hang, because the interactive shell within the script session misses EOF and
.B script
-has no clue when close the session. See the NOTES section for more information.
+has no clue when to close the session. See the \fBNOTES\fR section for more information.
.SH AVAILABILITY
The script command is part of the util-linux package and is available from
.UR ftp://\:ftp.kernel.org\:/pub\:/linux\:/utils\:/util-linux/