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authorperry <perry@NetBSD.org>2003-03-29 18:25:22 +0000
committerperry <perry@NetBSD.org>2003-03-29 18:25:22 +0000
commit83237da0b18c9fae509b55bdd5bcfb46cd127018 (patch)
tree520306ddd02a15966f1538ee7be4b291d8abff27 /bin/expr/expr.1
parent6a15c68f5d251335c2f90cab0f85c034e0a2ef19 (diff)
spelling errors, some from Igor Sobrado in PR 19670
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/expr/expr.1')
-rw-r--r--bin/expr/expr.112
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/bin/expr/expr.1 b/bin/expr/expr.1
index 8d6754ec1dd..ba131cdf6f4 100644
--- a/bin/expr/expr.1
+++ b/bin/expr/expr.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: expr.1,v 1.22 2003/02/14 16:17:30 grant Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: expr.1,v 1.23 2003/03/29 18:25:22 perry Exp $
.\"
.\" Written by J.T. Conklin <jtc@NetBSD.org>.
.\" Public domain.
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ an error occurred (such as memory allocation failure).
The following example adds one to the variable a.
.Dl a=`expr $a + 1`
.It
-The following example returns zero, due to deduction having higher precendence
+The following example returns zero, due to deduction having higher precedence
than '\*[Am]' operator.
.Dl expr 1 '\*[Am]' 1 - 1
.It
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ by
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
This implementation of
.Nm
-internally uses 64 bit represenation of integers and checks for
+internally uses 64 bit representation of integers and checks for
over- and underflows.
It also treats / (division mark) and
option '--' correctly depending upon context.
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ expr / : '.*/\e(.*\e)'
.Ed
.Pp
If this is the case, you might use // (double forward slash)
-to avoid abiquity with the division operator:
+to avoid confusion with the division operator:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
expr "//$a" : '.*/\e(.*\e)'
.Ed
@@ -193,9 +193,9 @@ expr -- : .
.It
expr -- -- : .
.El
-Althrough
+Although
.Nx
.Nm
-handles both cases correctly, you should not depend on this behaviour
+handles both cases correctly, you should not depend on this behavior
for portability reasons and avoid passing bare '--' as first
argument.