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Created: 2005-08-14 17:10:15 UTC

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>--- sh..orig.1	Tue Jun 14 01:25:00 2005
>+++ sh.1	Mon Aug  8 11:52:55 2005
>@@ -355,8 +355,9 @@
> .El
> .Ss Quoting
> Quoting is used to remove the special meaning of certain characters
>-or words to the shell, such as operators, whitespace, or
>-keywords.
>+or words to the shell, such as operators, whitespace, keywords,
>+or alias names.
>+.Pp
> There are three types of quoting: matched single quotes,
> matched double quotes, and backslash.
> .Bl -tag -width indent
>@@ -422,6 +423,15 @@
> They can also be
> used to create lexically obscure code.
> This use is discouraged.
>+.Pp
>+An alias name may be escaped in a command line, so that it is not
>+replaced by its alias value, by using quoting characters within or
>+adjacent to the alias name.  This is most often done by prefixing
>+an alias name with a backslash to execute a function, built-in, or
>+normal program with the same name.
>+See the
>+.Sx Quoting
>+subsection.
> .Ss Commands
> The shell interprets the words it reads according to a
> language, the specification of which is outside the scope
>@@ -1352,8 +1362,7 @@
> If it is not found in the
> .Ev PATH ,
> it is sought in the current working directory.
>-.It Ic alias Op Ar name ...
>-.It Ic alias Op Ar name Ns = Ns Ar string ...
>+.It Ic alias Oo Ar name Ns Oo = Ns Ar string Oc ... Oc
> If
> .Ar name Ns = Ns Ar string
> is specified, the shell defines the alias
>@@ -1372,6 +1381,9 @@
> .Ic unalias ) .
> Alias values are written with appropriate quoting so that they are
> suitable for re-input to the shell.
>+Also see the
>+.Sx Aliases
>+subsection.
> .It Ic bg Op Ar job ...
> Continue the specified jobs
> (or the current job if no jobs are given)

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