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From: "Sergei S. Laskavy" <laskavy@pc759.cs.msu.su>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: sh(1): { echo -n "hello"; echo " world" } > greeting

>Number:         5415
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       sh(1): mistake in example
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    steve
>State:          closed
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Jan  2 08:30:00 PST 1998
>Closed-Date:    Fri Jan 2 12:15:05 PST 1998
>Last-Modified:  Fri Jan  2 12:15:41 PST 1998
>Originator:     Sergei S. Laskavy
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Gambit Automated Design
>Environment:

$Id: sh.1,v 1.9.2.5 1997/11/12 04:34:33 jdp Exp $

>Description:

In the sh(1) man page there is a small mistake in example:
	host% man sh | grep example
           { echo -n "hello"; echo " world" } > greeting

>How-To-Repeat:

	man sh | grep example
or
	{ echo -n "hello"; echo " world" } > greeting

>Fix:

I sent the patch already, but... sendmail(8) killed my letter,
because I'm on dialup link, and my hostname sometimes is not legal.

Add ";" after " world":
	{ echo -n "hello"; echo " world"; } > greeting
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: steve 
State-Changed-When: Fri Jan 2 12:15:05 PST 1998 
State-Changed-Why:  
Fixed in both -current and -stable.  Thanks. 
>Unformatted:
