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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" .hys 50 -.TH "par" "1" "17 Nov 2001" +.TH "par" "1" "9 Jan 2004" .SH NAME par \- parallel command processing .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ file takes a list of files to run a command on. The first line of each file begins with a colon (:) or a pound-sign (#). If a colon, the remainder of the line is a command to run for each of the subsequent lines. If a pound-sign, -then each subsequent line is a command, unless the +then each subsequent line is a (self-contained) command, unless the .B \-c option was specified, in which case it operates as if the argument to .B \-c had followed a colon on the first line. .PP In each of the cases where the lines of the file following the first are -not commands (ie: colon or -c), instances of open-close braces ({}) in the +not commands (i.e.: colon or -c), instances of open-close braces ({}) in the command will be replaced by these values. .PP For example, a inputfile whose contents is: @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The command-line options are as follows: .TP .B \-c Command to be run on each of the arguments following the command-line -options, when the first line of the input file(s) begin with a pound-sign +options, where the first line of the input file(s) begins with a pound-sign (#). .\" .TP @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Print debugging information on standard error (stderr). .\" .TP .B \-i -Run commands interactively though (multiple) +Run commands interactively through (multiple) .BR xterm (1) processes. .\" |