From 0ef1d1f59c201fee80ddd568a3eb7f2ddd44e099 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Feldman Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 16:21:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix a couple hard sentence breaks I inadvertently introduced. Also, update a bit of English into something easier to read. Prompted by: sheldonh (thanks!) --- usr.bin/sed/sed.1 | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 b/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 index 936b754c8b20..a6f0e55860cc 100644 --- a/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 +++ b/usr.bin/sed/sed.1 @@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl E Interpret regular expressions as extended (modern) regular expressions -rather than basic regular expressions (BRE's). The +rather than basic regular expressions (BRE's). +The .Xr re_format 7 manual page fully describes both formats. .It Fl a @@ -165,15 +166,16 @@ of the exclamation character .Pc function. .Sh "Sed Regular Expressions" -The -.Nm -regular expressions are basic regular expressions (BRE's, see -.Xr regex 3 -for more information) by default. +The regular expressions used in +.Nm sed , +by default, are basic regular expressions (BREs, see +.Xr re_format 7 +for more information). .Nm can use extended (modern) regular expressions instead if the .Fl E -flag is given. In addition, +flag is given. +In addition, .Nm has the following two additions to regular expressions: .sp