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@@ -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