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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2018-10-26 20:18:25 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2018-10-26 20:25:53 +0200 |
| commit | f0d6cc5ff2e3109caa813c20f6ee7b30ac03f10c (patch) | |
| tree | 76d61b3e9f59eedde4b92cb16b63709f3b266cc6 | |
| parent | 295fe9e0aa90f69a990a6711429fab44ec3ac636 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-f0d6cc5ff2e3109caa813c20f6ee7b30ac03f10c.tar.gz | |
proc.5: NOTES: improve text that suggests use of "tr '\000' '\n'"
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man5/proc.5 | 14 |
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diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index 95a128ec31..bee6660466 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -6490,15 +6490,15 @@ This file display information about memory zones. This is useful for analyzing virtual memory behavior. .\" FIXME more should be said about /proc/zoneinfo .SH NOTES -Many strings (e.g., the environment and command line) are in -the internal format, with subfields terminated by null bytes (\(aq\\0\(aq), -so you -may find that things are more readable if you use a command such as the following -to read them: -.IP +Many files contain strings (e.g., the environment and command line) +that are in the internal format, +with subfields terminated by null bytes (\(aq\\0\(aq). +When inspecting such files, you may find that the results are more readable +if you use a command of the following form to display them: +.PP .in +4n .EX -.RB "$" " tr \(aq\e000\(aq \(aq\en\(aq < <file>" +.RB "$" " cat \fIfile\fP | tr \(aq\e000\(aq \(aq\en\(aq" .EE .in .PP |