From 59dc509c55678bb812c3e80f117904de0fdd6b33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 12:05:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] elf.5, services.5, bootparam.7, glob.7: Minor wording fix ("E.g." ==> "For example") Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man5/elf.5 | 4 ++-- man5/services.5 | 2 +- man7/bootparam.7 | 2 +- man7/glob.7 | 2 +- 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/man5/elf.5 b/man5/elf.5 index 02257f469..4bdddf318 100644 --- a/man5/elf.5 +++ b/man5/elf.5 @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ and ABI to which the object is targeted. Some fields in other ELF structures have flags and values that have platform-specific meanings; the interpretation of those fields is determined by the value of this byte. -E.g.: +For example: .\" .Bl -tag -width "ELFOSABI_STANDALONE" -compact .RS 12 .TP 20 @@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ A core file. .TP .IR e_machine This member specifies the required architecture for an individual file. -E.g.: +For example: .RS 12 .\" .Bl -tag -width "EM_MIPS_RS4_BE" -compact .TP 12 diff --git a/man5/services.5 b/man5/services.5 index 29b318868..0929725bf 100644 --- a/man5/services.5 +++ b/man5/services.5 @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ not stripped. can be any printable characters excluding space and tab. However, a conservative choice of characters should be used to minimize compatibility problems. -E.g., a\-z, 0\-9, and hyphen (\-) would seem a +For example, a\-z, 0\-9, and hyphen (\-) would seem a sensible choice. Lines not matching this format should not be present in the diff --git a/man7/bootparam.7 b/man7/bootparam.7 index e50b501be..a691491e7 100644 --- a/man7/bootparam.7 +++ b/man7/bootparam.7 @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ The '/dev/' part is purely conventional. The more awkward and less portable numeric specification of the above possible root devices in major/minor format is also accepted. -(E.g., +(For example, .I /dev/sda3 is major 8, minor 3, so you could use 'root=0x803' as an alternative.) diff --git a/man7/glob.7 b/man7/glob.7 index 60207a277..41c582ce0 100644 --- a/man7/glob.7 +++ b/man7/glob.7 @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ one can force the classical behavior using this command: .\" In Bash v1, by setting allow_null_glob_expansion=true (Similar problems occur elsewhere. -E.g., where old scripts have +For example, where old scripts have .nf rm \`find . \-name "*~"\`