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diff --git a/man/man1/9.1 b/man/man1/9.1 index d590f3b3..24ce0226 100644 --- a/man/man1/9.1 +++ b/man/man1/9.1 @@ -2,17 +2,60 @@ .SH NAME 9 \- run Plan 9 commands .SH SYNOPSIS -.B . -.B 9 -.PP .B 9 .I cmd [ .I args \&... ] +.PP +.B . +.B 9 .SH DESCRIPTION -XXX +Because Plan 9 supplies commands with the same name as but different +behavior than many basic Unix system commands +(e.g., +.BR grep , +.BR sed , +.BR mkdir , +.BR rm ), +it is not recommended to run with the Plan 9 bin directory +ahead of the system directories. +.PP +.I 9 +is a shell script that sets up a Plan 9 environment and runs +.I cmd . +It sets +.B $PLAN9 +and adds +.B $PLAN9/bin +to the beginning of +.B $PATH +before running +.IR cmd . +.PP +If run with no arguments, +.B 9 +does not do anything. This is so that it can be invoked from +.IR sh -style +shells using +.B . +.B 9 +in order to make the current shell start running in the Plan 9 environment. +.SH EXAMPLES +Search for greek in the password file: +.IP +.EX +$ 9 grep '[α-ζ]' /etc/passwd +.EE +.PP +Start an +.IR rc (1) +with the Plan 9 commands in the path before the system commands. +.IP +.EX +9 rc +.EE .SH SOURCE .B \*9/bin/9 .SH SEE ALSO |