changeset 59260:a3a45da02baa

(Shell Commands in Dired): Delete the ? example.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:11:01 +0000
parents 07897e1a19b5
children 73f5be00ba89
files man/dired.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/dired.texi	Fri Dec 31 15:10:02 2004 +0000
+++ b/man/dired.texi	Fri Dec 31 15:11:01 2004 +0000
@@ -700,26 +700,18 @@
 If the command string contains @samp{?} surrounded by whitespace, the
 current file name is substituted for @samp{?}.  You can use @samp{?}
 this way more than once in the command, and each occurrence is
-replaced.  For instance, here is how to uuencode each file, making the
-output file name by appending @samp{.uu} to the input file name:
-
-@example
-uuencode ? ? > ?.uu
-@end example
+replaced.
 @end itemize
 
 To iterate over the file names in a more complicated fashion, use an
-explicit shell loop.  For example, this shell command is another way
-to uuencode each file:
+explicit shell loop.  For example, here is how to uuencode each file,
+making the output file name by appending @samp{.uu} to the input file
+name:
 
 @example
 for file in * ; do uuencode "$file" "$file" >"$file".uu; done
 @end example
 
-@noindent
-This simple example doesn't require a shell loop (you can do it
-with @samp{?}, but it illustrates the technique.
-
 The working directory for the shell command is the top-level directory
 of the Dired buffer.