33 lines
521 B
Groff
33 lines
521 B
Groff
.TH PROMPT 1
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.SH NAME
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prompt \(en prompt with arguments
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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prompt
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.RB [ argument... ]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Prompt prompts with given arguments delimited by an ASCII blank.
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.SH BUGS
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Prompt should not be used in scripts; printf(1) should be used in its place.
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.SH HISTORY
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Prompt was documented in M. Douglas McIlroy in
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.I A Research UNIX Reader: Annotated Excerpts from the Programmer's Manual, 1971-1986
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and implemented as a finger exercise.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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echo(1), printf(1)
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Public domain.
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