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authorJoel Sherrill <joel@rtems.org>2016-10-27 19:47:07 -0500
committerJoel Sherrill <joel@rtems.org>2016-10-27 19:47:07 -0500
commit36def9125c9adf4049a18105d48715ac8606e1ec (patch)
treeb9a3c06d3fad69f3213474d5d16d844b862cc268 /shell
parentinitilization_code.rst: Fix figure formatting (diff)
downloadrtems-docs-36def9125c9adf4049a18105d48715ac8606e1ec.tar.bz2
rtems-docs: Fix many unnecessary back slashes
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-rw-r--r--shell/file_and_directory.rst2
-rw-r--r--shell/general_commands.rst20
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/shell/file_and_directory.rst b/shell/file_and_directory.rst
index eb4b276..fd63c1e 100644
--- a/shell/file_and_directory.rst
+++ b/shell/file_and_directory.rst
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ The format is required and must be surrounded by double quote (" ") marks. It
is interpreted as a fprintf-style format string (see*fprintf*), with the
following exceptions:
-- An asterisk (\*) may not be used as a field width or precision.
+- An asterisk (*) may not be used as a field width or precision.
- A byte count or field precision is required for each "s" con- version
character (unlike the fprintf(3) default which prints the entire string if
diff --git a/shell/general_commands.rst b/shell/general_commands.rst
index 7024647..eba2c0e 100644
--- a/shell/general_commands.rst
+++ b/shell/general_commands.rst
@@ -475,34 +475,34 @@ solely for compatibility with other systems. Only one of the options *-n* and
If any of the following sequences of characters is encountered during output,
the sequence is not output. Instead, the specified action is performed:
-*\\b*
+*\b*
A backspace character is output.
-*\\c*
+*\c*
Subsequent output is suppressed. This is normally used at the end of the
last argument to suppress the trailing newline that echo would otherwise
output.
-*\\f*
+*\f*
Output a form feed.
-*\\n*
+*\n*
Output a newline character.
-*\\r*
+*\r*
Output a carriage return.
-*\\t*
+*\t*
Output a (horizontal) tab character.
-*\\v*
+*\v*
Output a vertical tab.
-*\\0digits*
+*\0digits*
Output the character whose value is given by zero to three digits. If
there are zero digits, a nul character is output.
-*\\\\*
+*\\*
Output a backslash.
**EXIT STATUS:**
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ This command returns 0 on success and non-zero if an error is encountered.
**NOTES:**
-The octal character escape mechanism (\\0digits) differs from the C language
+The octal character escape mechanism (\0digits) differs from the C language
mechanism.
There is no way to force ``echo`` to treat its arguments literally, rather than