Tweak markup of quoted strings and characters: use Dq instead of enclosing
strings in ``obsolete quotes''. Use Li and Ql where appropriate.
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@ -209,18 +209,26 @@ Class names are:
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.\" and vice-versa) is specified in the same relative position in
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.\" .Ar string1 .
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.\" .Pp
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When ``[:lower:]'' appears in
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When
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.Dq Li [:lower:]
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appears in
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.Ar string1
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and ``[:upper:]'' appears in the same relative position in
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and
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.Dq Li [:upper:]
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appears in the same relative position in
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.Ar string2 ,
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it represents the characters pairs from the
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.Dv toupper
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mapping in the
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.Ev LC_CTYPE
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category of the current locale.
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When ``[:upper:]'' appears in
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When
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.Dq Li [:upper:]
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appears in
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.Ar string1
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and ``[:lower:]'' appears in the same relative position in
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and
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.Dq Li [:lower:]
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appears in the same relative position in
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.Ar string2 ,
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it represents the characters pairs from the
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.Dv tolower
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@ -326,23 +334,45 @@ and
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.Ql "A-Z" .
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.Pp
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System V has historically implemented character ranges using the syntax
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``[c-c]'' instead of the ``c-c'' used by historic
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.Dq Li [c-c]
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instead of the
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.Dq Li c-c
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used by historic
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.Bx
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implementations and
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standardized by POSIX.
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System V shell scripts should work under this implementation as long as
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the range is intended to map in another range, i.e., the command
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``tr [a-z] [A-Z]'' will work as it will map the ``['' character in
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.Dq Li "tr [a-z] [A-Z]"
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will work as it will map the
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.Ql \&[
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character in
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.Ar string1
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to the ``['' character in
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to the
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.Ql \&[
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character in
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.Ar string2 .
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However, if the shell script is deleting or squeezing characters as in
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the command ``tr -d [a-z]'', the characters ``['' and ``]'' will be
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the command
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.Dq Li "tr -d [a-z]" ,
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the characters
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.Ql \&[
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and
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.Ql \&]
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will be
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included in the deletion or compression list which would not have happened
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under a historic System V implementation.
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Additionally, any scripts that depended on the sequence ``a-z'' to
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represent the three characters ``a'', ``-'' and ``z'' will have to be
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rewritten as ``a\e-z''.
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Additionally, any scripts that depended on the sequence
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.Dq Li a-z
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to
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represent the three characters
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.Ql a ,
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.Ql \&-
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and
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.Ql z
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will have to be
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rewritten as
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.Dq Li a\e-z .
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.Pp
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The
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.Nm
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@ -373,7 +403,9 @@ has less characters than
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.Ar string1
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is permitted by POSIX but is not required.
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Shell scripts attempting to be portable to other POSIX systems should use
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the ``[#*]'' convention instead of relying on this behavior.
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the
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.Dq Li [#*]
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convention instead of relying on this behavior.
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The
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.Fl u
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option is an extension to the
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