>>>>> "JM" == Justin Mason <jm at netnoteinc.com> writes:
JM> The Solaris sh manual page is quite good. Unfortunately the
JM> Linux sh one is actually the bash manual page, which
JM> effectively says "manual pages? you decadent scum. read the
JM> info instead" -- which I hate.
I'm quite fond of info for longish documents, but manpages are great
for concise conveyal of complicated concepts.
JM> Er, but in response, it might be in the info for bash...
/me looks.
It sure is, in the "Special Parameters" node. I wonder why I have
never found that until now; it's the first item in the Variable Index.
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