From 8676e44caaf4154d36a6e635aec6fb9ce18d2239 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dtb Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2022 20:03:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] prompt man page --- echo/prompt.1 | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+) create mode 100644 echo/prompt.1 diff --git a/echo/prompt.1 b/echo/prompt.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cee81fe --- /dev/null +++ b/echo/prompt.1 @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +.TH PROMPT 1 + +.SH NAME + +prompt \(en prompt with arguments + +.SH SYNOPSIS + +prompt +.RB [ argument... ] + +.SH DESCRIPTION + +Prompt prompts with given arguments delimited by an ASCII blank. + +.SH BUGS + +Prompt should not be used in scripts; printf(1) should be used in its place. + +.SH HISTORY + +Prompt was documented in M. Douglas McIlroy in +.I A Research UNIX Reader: Annotated Excerpts from the Programmer's Manual, 1971-1986 +and implemented as a finger exercise. + +.SH SEE ALSO + +echo(1), printf(1) + +.SH COPYRIGHT + +Public domain.