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getpt.3: Minor wording fixes 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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.\"
.TH GETPT 3 2020-02-09 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
getpt \- open the pseudoterminal master
getpt \- open a new pseudoterminal master
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
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.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.BR getpt ()
opens a pseudoterminal master and returns its file descriptor.
opens a new pseudoterminal device and returns a file descriptor
that refers to that device.
It is equivalent to
.PP
.in +4n
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.in
.PP
on Linux systems, though the pseudoterminal master is located
elsewhere on some systems that use GNU Libc.
elsewhere on some systems that use the GNU C library.
.SH RETURN VALUE
.BR getpt ()
returns an open file descriptor upon successful completion.