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| -rw-r--r-- | man5/proc.5 | 13 |
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diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5 index bf2621f78e..745ce7b0e6 100644 --- a/man5/proc.5 +++ b/man5/proc.5 @@ -602,13 +602,14 @@ are not available if the main thread has already terminated (typically by calling .BR pthread_exit (3)). -Programs that will take a filename as a command-line argument, -but will not take input from standard input if no argument is supplied, -or that write to a file named as a command-line argument, -but will not send their output to standard output +Programs that take a filename as a command-line argument, +but don't take input from standard input if no argument is supplied, +and programs that write to a file named as a command-line argument, +but don't send their output to standard output if no argument is supplied, can nevertheless be made to use -standard input or standard out using -.IR /proc/[pid]/fd . +standard input or standard output by using +.IR /proc/[pid]/fd +files as command-line arguments. For example, assuming that .I \-i is the flag designating an input file and |