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authorRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2001-02-01 16:38:02 +0000
committerRuslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>2001-02-01 16:38:02 +0000
commitd0353b836e88609b9400851d32e0aa6645ff9be3 (patch)
treeaa7324a24491215cb462cf95382795f1649d10b6 /bin/echo
parent1f56a9494c2616ff6794d652f38eff0f7f95bbb9 (diff)
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diff --git a/bin/echo/echo.1 b/bin/echo/echo.1
index a5a16742125d..d427529e4edd 100644
--- a/bin/echo/echo.1
+++ b/bin/echo/echo.1
@@ -44,19 +44,24 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl n
-.Op "string ..."
+.Op Ar string ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank (`` '')
-characters and followed by a newline (``\en'') character, to the standard
+utility writes any specified operands, separated by single blank
+.Pq Ql "\ "
+characters and followed by a newline
+.Pq Ql \en
+character, to the standard
output.
.Pp
The following option is available:
.Bl -tag -width flag
.It Fl n
Do not print the trailing newline character. This may also be
-achieved by appending `\ec' to the end of the string, as is done
+achieved by appending
+.Ql \ec
+to the end of the string, as is done
by iBCS2 compatible systems.
.El
.Pp