Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 08:29:39 +0000 (UTC) From: Dru Lavigne <dru@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r47085 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics Message-ID: <201507260829.t6Q8Tdb3019495@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: dru Date: Sun Jul 26 08:29:38 2015 New Revision: 47085 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47085 Log: Fix redundancy. While here, correct usage of unix and tighten wording. Sponsored by: Essen Devsummit Hackathon Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Sun Jul 26 08:13:26 2015 (r47084) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics/chapter.xml Sun Jul 26 08:29:38 2015 (r47085) @@ -3178,14 +3178,14 @@ Swap: 2048M Total, 2048M Free <para>Shell redirection is the action of sending the output or the input of a command into another command or into a file. To capture the output of the &man.ls.1; command, for example, - into a file, simply redirect the output:</para> + into a file, redirect the output:</para> <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>ls > directory_listing.txt</userinput></screen> - <para>The <filename>directory_listing.txt</filename> file will - now contain the directory contents. Some commands allow you - to read input in a similar one, such as &man.sort.1;. To sort - this listing, redirect the input:</para> + <para>The directory contents will now be listed in + <filename>directory_listing.txt</filename>. Some commands can + be used to read input, such as &man.sort.1;. To sort this + listing, redirect the input:</para> <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>sort < directory_listing.txt</userinput></screen> @@ -3196,26 +3196,24 @@ Swap: 2048M Total, 2048M Free <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>sort < directory_listing.txt > sorted.txt</userinput></screen> <para>In all of the previous examples, the commands are - performing redirection using file descriptors. Every unix - system has file descriptors; however, here we will focus on - three, so named as Standard Input, Standard Output, and - Standard Error. Each one has a purpose, where input could be - a keyboard or a mouse, something that provides input. Output - could be a screen or paper in a printer for example. And - error would be anything that is used for diagnostic or error - messages. All three are considered <acronym>I/O</acronym> - based file descriptors and sometimes considered - streams.</para> - - <para>Through the use of these descriptors, short named stdin, - stdout, and stderr, the shell allows output and input to be - passed around through various commands and redirected to or - from a file. Another method of redirection is the pipe - operator.</para> + performing redirection using file descriptors. Every &unix; + system has file descriptors, which include standard input + (stdin), standard output (stdout), and standard error + (stderr). Each one has a purpose, where input could be a + keyboard or a mouse, something that provides input. Output + could be a screen or paper in a printer. And error would be + anything that is used for diagnostic or error messages. All + three are considered <acronym>I/O</acronym> based file + descriptors and sometimes considered streams.</para> + + <para>Through the use of these descriptors, the shell allows + output and input to be passed around through various commands + and redirected to or from a file. Another method of + redirection is the pipe operator.</para> <para>The &unix; pipe operator, <quote>|</quote> allows the - output of one command to be directly passed, or directed to - another program. Basically a pipe will allow the standard + output of one command to be directly passed or directed to + another program. Basically, a pipe allows the standard output of a command to be passed as standard input to another command, for example:</para>
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