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diff --git a/man/man1/rc.html b/man/man1/rc.html deleted file mode 100644 index a599adfd..00000000 --- a/man/man1/rc.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,655 +0,0 @@ -<head> -<title>rc(1) - Plan 9 from User Space</title> -<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> -</head> -<body bgcolor=#ffffff> -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> -<tr height=10><td> -<tr><td width=20><td> -<tr><td width=20><td><b>RC(1)</b><td align=right><b>RC(1)</b> -<tr><td width=20><td colspan=2> - <br> -<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - rc, cd, eval, exec, exit, flag, rfork, shift, wait, whatis, ., - ~ – command language<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>rc</font></tt> [ <tt><font size=+1>−srdiIlxepvV</font></tt> ] [ <tt><font size=+1>−c command</font></tt> ] [ <i>file</i> [ <i>arg ...</i> ]]<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <i>Rc</i> is the Plan 9 shell. It executes command lines read from a - terminal or a file or, with the <tt><font size=+1>−c</font></tt> flag, from <i>rc’s</i> argument list.<br> - <p><font size=+1><b>Command Lines </b></font><br> - A command line is a sequence of commands, separated by ampersands - or semicolons (<tt><font size=+1>&</font></tt> or <tt><font size=+1>;</font></tt>), terminated by a newline. The commands are - executed in sequence from left to right. <i>Rc</i> does not wait for - a command followed by <tt><font size=+1>&</font></tt> to finish executing before starting the - following command. Whenever a command - followed by <tt><font size=+1>&</font></tt> is executed, its process id is assigned to the <i>rc</i> - variable <tt><font size=+1>$apid</font></tt>. Whenever a command <i>not</i> followed by <tt><font size=+1>&</font></tt> exits or is - terminated, the <i>rc</i> variable <tt><font size=+1>$status</font></tt> gets the process’s wait message - (see <a href="../man3/wait.html"><i>wait</i>(3)</a>); it will be the null string if the command was successful. - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - A long command line may be continued on subsequent lines by typing - a backslash (<tt><font size=+1>\</font></tt>) followed by a newline. This sequence is treated - as though it were a blank. Backslash is not otherwise a special - character. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - A number-sign (<tt><font size=+1>#</font></tt>) and any following characters up to (but not - including) the next newline are ignored, except in quotation marks.<br> - <p><font size=+1><b>Simple Commands </b></font><br> - A simple command is a sequence of arguments interspersed with - I/O redirections. If the first argument is the name of an <i>rc</i> function - or of one of <i>rc’s</i> built-in commands, it is executed by <i>rc</i>. Otherwise - if the name starts with a slash (<tt><font size=+1>/</font></tt>), it must be the path name - of the program to be executed. Names containing no - initial slash are searched for in a list of directory names stored - in <tt><font size=+1>$path</font></tt>. The first executable file of the given name found in - a directory in <tt><font size=+1>$path</font></tt> is the program to be executed. To be executable, - the user must have execute permission (see <a href="../man3/stat.html"><i>stat</i>(3)</a>) and the file - must be either an executable binary for the current - machine’s CPU type, or a shell script. Shell scripts begin with - a line containing the full path name of a shell (usually <tt><font size=+1>/bin/rc</font></tt>), - prefixed by <tt><font size=+1>#!</font></tt>. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The first word of a simple command cannot be a keyword unless - it is quoted or otherwise disguised. The keywords are<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>for in while if not switch fn ~ ! @<br> - </font></tt> - </table> - <p><font size=+1><b>Arguments and Variables </b></font><br> - A number of constructions may be used where <i>rc’s</i> syntax requires - an argument to appear. In many cases a construction’s value will - be a list of arguments rather than a single string. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The simplest kind of argument is the unquoted word: a sequence - of one or more characters none of which is a blank, tab, newline, - or any of the following:<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1># ; & | ^ $ = ` ' { } ( ) < ><br> - </font></tt> - </table> - An unquoted word that contains any of the characters <tt><font size=+1>* ? [</font></tt> is - a pattern for matching against file names. The character <tt><font size=+1>*</font></tt> matches - any sequence of characters, <tt><font size=+1>?</font></tt> matches any single character, and - <tt><font size=+1>[</font></tt><i>class</i><tt><font size=+1>]</font></tt> matches any character in the <i>class</i>. If the first character - of <i>class</i> is <tt><font size=+1>~</font></tt>, the class is complemented. The <i>class</i> may - also contain pairs of characters separated by <tt><font size=+1>−</font></tt>, standing for - all characters lexically between the two. The character <tt><font size=+1>/</font></tt> must - appear explicitly in a pattern, as must the first character of - the path name components <tt><font size=+1>.</font></tt> and <tt><font size=+1>..</font></tt>. A pattern is replaced by a - list of arguments, one for each path name matched, except that - a - pattern matching no names is not replaced by the empty list, but - rather stands for itself. Pattern matching is done after all other - operations. Thus,<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>x=/tmp echo $x^/*.c<br> - </font></tt> - </table> - matches <tt><font size=+1>/tmp/*.c</font></tt>, rather than matching <tt><font size=+1>/*.c</font></tt> and then prefixing - <tt><font size=+1>/tmp</font></tt>. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - A quoted word is a sequence of characters surrounded by single - quotes (<tt><font size=+1>'</font></tt>). A single quote is represented in a quoted word by - a pair of quotes (<tt><font size=+1>''</font></tt>). - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - Each of the following is an argument.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>(</font></tt><i>arguments</i><tt><font size=+1>)<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The value of a sequence of arguments enclosed in parentheses is - a list comprising the members of each element of the sequence. - Argument lists have no recursive structure, although their syntax - may suggest it. The following are entirely equivalent:<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>echo hi there everybody<br> - ((echo) (hi there) everybody)<br> - </font></tt> - </table> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>$</font></tt><i>argument<br> - </i><tt><font size=+1>$</font></tt><i>argument</i><tt><font size=+1>(</font></tt><i>subscript</i><tt><font size=+1>)<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The <i>argument</i> after the <tt><font size=+1>$</font></tt> is the name of a variable whose value - is substituted. Multiple levels of indirection are possible, but - of questionable utility. Variable values are lists of strings. - If <i>argument</i> is a number <i>n</i>, the value is the <i>n</i>th element of <tt><font size=+1>$*</font></tt>, - unless <tt><font size=+1>$*</font></tt> doesn’t have <i>n</i> elements, in which case the value is - empty. If <i>argument</i> is followed by a parenthesized list of subscripts, - the value substituted is a list composed of the requested elements - (origin 1). The parenthesis must follow the variable name with - no spaces. Assignments to variables are described below.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>$#</font></tt><i>argument<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The value is the number of elements in the named variable. A variable - never assigned a value has zero elements.<br> - - </table> - $"<i>argument<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The value is a single string containing the components of the - named variable separated by spaces. A variable with zero elements - yields the empty string.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>`{</font></tt><i>command</i><tt><font size=+1>}<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <i>rc</i> executes the <i>command</i> and reads its standard output, splitting - it into a list of arguments, using characters in <tt><font size=+1>$ifs</font></tt> as separators. - If <tt><font size=+1>$ifs</font></tt> is not otherwise set, its value is <tt><font size=+1>' \t\n'</font></tt>.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1><{</font></tt><i>command</i><tt><font size=+1>}<br> - >{</font></tt><i>command</i><tt><font size=+1>}<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The <i>command</i> is executed asynchronously with its standard output - or standard input connected to a pipe. The value of the argument - is the name of a file referring to the other end of the pipe. - This allows the construction of non-linear pipelines. For example, - the following runs two commands <tt><font size=+1>old</font></tt> and <tt><font size=+1>new - </font></tt>and uses <tt><font size=+1>cmp</font></tt> to compare their outputs<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>cmp <{old} <{new}<br> - </font></tt> - </table> - - </table> - <i>argument</i><tt><font size=+1>^</font></tt><i>argument<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The <tt><font size=+1>^</font></tt> operator concatenates its two operands. If the two operands - have the same number of components, they are concatenated pairwise. - If not, then one operand must have one component, and the other - must be non-empty, and concatenation is distributive.<br> - - </table> - <p><font size=+1><b>Free Carets </b></font><br> - In most circumstances, <i>rc</i> will insert the <tt><font size=+1>^</font></tt> operator automatically - between words that are not separated by white space. Whenever - one of <tt><font size=+1>$ ' `</font></tt> follows a quoted or unquoted word or an unquoted - word follows a quoted word with no intervening blanks or tabs, - a <tt><font size=+1>^</font></tt> is inserted between the two. If an unquoted word - immediately follows a <tt><font size=+1>$</font></tt> and contains a character other than an - alphanumeric, underscore, or <tt><font size=+1>*</font></tt>, a <tt><font size=+1>^</font></tt> is inserted before the first - such character. Thus<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>cc −$flags $stem.c - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - </font></tt> - - </table> - is equivalent to<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>cc −^$flags $stem^.c<br> - </font></tt> - </table> - <p><font size=+1><b>I/O Redirections </b></font><br> - The sequence <tt><font size=+1>></font></tt><i>file</i> redirects the standard output file (file descriptor - 1, normally the terminal) to the named <i>file</i>; <tt><font size=+1>>></font></tt><i>file</i> appends standard - output to the file. The standard input file (file descriptor 0, - also normally the terminal) may be redirected from a file by the - sequence <tt><font size=+1><</font></tt><i>file</i>, or from an inline ‘here document’ by the - sequence <tt><font size=+1><<</font></tt><i>eof-marker</i>. The contents of a here document are lines - of text taken from the command input stream up to a line containing - nothing but the <i>eof-marker</i>, which may be either a quoted or unquoted - word. If <i>eof-marker</i> is unquoted, variable names of the form <tt><font size=+1>$</font></tt><i>word</i> - have their values substituted from <i>rc’s - </i>environment. If <tt><font size=+1>$</font></tt><i>word</i> is followed by a caret (<tt><font size=+1>^</font></tt>), the caret is - deleted. If <i>eof-marker</i> is quoted, no substitution occurs. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - Redirections may be applied to a file-descriptor other than standard - input or output by qualifying the redirection operator with a - number in square brackets. For example, the diagnostic output - (file descriptor 2) may be redirected by writing <tt><font size=+1>cc junk.c >[2]junk</font></tt>. - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - A file descriptor may be redirected to an already open descriptor - by writing <tt><font size=+1>>[</font></tt><i>fd0</i><tt><font size=+1>=</font></tt><i>fd1</i><tt><font size=+1>]</font></tt> or <tt><font size=+1><[</font></tt><i>fd0</i><tt><font size=+1>=</font></tt><i>fd1</i><tt><font size=+1>]</font></tt>. <i>Fd1</i> is a previously opened - file descriptor and <i>fd0</i> becomes a new copy (in the sense of <a href="../man3/dup.html"><i>dup</i>(3)</a>) - of it. A file descriptor may be closed by writing <tt><font size=+1>>[</font></tt><i>fd0</i><tt><font size=+1>=]</font></tt> or <tt><font size=+1><[</font></tt><i>fd0</i><tt><font size=+1>=]</font></tt>. - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - Redirections are executed from left to right. Therefore, <tt><font size=+1>cc junk.c - >/dev/null >[2=1]</font></tt> and <tt><font size=+1>cc junk.c >[2=1] >/dev/null</font></tt> have different effects: - the first puts standard output in <tt><font size=+1>/dev/null</font></tt> and then puts diagnostic - output in the same place, where the second directs diagnostic - output to the - terminal and sends standard output to <tt><font size=+1>/dev/null</font></tt>.<br> - <p><font size=+1><b>Compound Commands </b></font><br> - A pair of commands separated by a pipe operator (<tt><font size=+1>|</font></tt>) is a command. - The standard output of the left command is sent through a pipe - to the standard input of the right command. The pipe operator - may be decorated to use different file descriptors. <tt><font size=+1>|[</font></tt><i>fd</i><tt><font size=+1>]</font></tt> connects - the output end of the pipe to file descriptor <i>fd</i> rather - than 1. <tt><font size=+1>|[</font></tt><i>fd0</i><tt><font size=+1>=</font></tt><i>fd1</i><tt><font size=+1>]</font></tt> connects output to <i>fd1</i> of the left command - and input to <i>fd0</i> of the right command. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - A pair of commands separated by <tt><font size=+1>&&</font></tt> or <tt><font size=+1>||</font></tt> is a command. In either - case, the left command is executed and its exit status examined. - If the operator is <tt><font size=+1>&&</font></tt> the right command is executed if the left - command’s status is null. <tt><font size=+1>||</font></tt> causes the right command to be executed - if the left command’s status is non-null. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The exit status of a command may be inverted (non-null is changed - to null, null is changed to non-null) by preceding it with a <tt><font size=+1>!</font></tt>. - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The <tt><font size=+1>|</font></tt> operator has highest precedence, and is left-associative - (i.e. binds tighter to the left than the right). <tt><font size=+1>!</font></tt> has intermediate - precedence, and <tt><font size=+1>&&</font></tt> and <tt><font size=+1>||</font></tt> have the lowest precedence. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The unary <tt><font size=+1>@</font></tt> operator, with precedence equal to <tt><font size=+1>!</font></tt>, causes its operand - to be executed in a subshell. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - Each of the following is a command.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>if (</font></tt> <i>list</i> <tt><font size=+1>)</font></tt> <i>command<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - A <i>list</i> is a sequence of commands, separated by <tt><font size=+1>&</font></tt>, <tt><font size=+1>;</font></tt>, or newline. - It is executed and if its exit status is null, the <i>command</i> is - executed.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>if not</font></tt> <i>command<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The immediately preceding command must have been <tt><font size=+1>if(</font></tt><i>list</i><tt><font size=+1>)</font></tt> <i>command</i>. - If its condition was non-zero, the <i>command</i> is executed.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>for(</font></tt><i>name</i> <tt><font size=+1>in</font></tt> <i>arguments</i><tt><font size=+1>)</font></tt> <i>command<br> - </i><tt><font size=+1>for(</font></tt><i>name</i><tt><font size=+1>)</font></tt> <i>command<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The <i>command</i> is executed once for each <i>argument</i> with that argument - assigned to <i>name</i>. If the argument list is omitted, <tt><font size=+1>$*</font></tt> is used.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>while(</font></tt><i>list</i><tt><font size=+1>)</font></tt> <i>command<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The <i>list</i> is executed repeatedly until its exit status is non-null. - Each time it returns null status, the <i>command</i> is executed. An - empty <i>list</i> is taken to give null status.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>switch(</font></tt><i>argument</i><tt><font size=+1>){</font></tt><i>list</i><tt><font size=+1>}<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The <i>list</i> is searched for simple commands beginning with the word - <tt><font size=+1>case</font></tt>. (The search is only at the ‘top level’ of the <i>list</i>. That - is, <tt><font size=+1>cases</font></tt> in nested constructs are not found.) <i>Argument</i> is matched - against each word following <tt><font size=+1>case</font></tt> using the pattern-matching algorithm - described above, except that <tt><font size=+1>/</font></tt> and the - first characters of <tt><font size=+1>.</font></tt> and <tt><font size=+1>..</font></tt> need not be matched explicitly. When - a match is found, commands in the list are executed up to the - next following <tt><font size=+1>case</font></tt> command (at the top level) or the closing - brace.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>{</font></tt><i>list</i><tt><font size=+1>}<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Braces serve to alter the grouping of commands implied by operator - priorities. The <i>body</i> is a sequence of commands separated by <tt><font size=+1>&</font></tt>, - <tt><font size=+1>;</font></tt>, or newline.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>fn</font></tt> <i>name</i><tt><font size=+1>{</font></tt><i>list</i><tt><font size=+1>}<br> - fn</font></tt> <i>name<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The first form defines a function with the given <i>name</i>. Subsequently, - whenever a command whose first argument is <i>name</i> is encountered, - the current value of the remainder of the command’s argument list - will be assigned to <tt><font size=+1>$*</font></tt>, after saving its current value, and <i>rc</i> - will execute the <i>list</i>. The second form removes - <i>name</i>’s function definition.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>fn</font></tt> <i>note</i><tt><font size=+1>{</font></tt><i>list</i><tt><font size=+1>}<br> - fn</font></tt> <i>note<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - A function with a special name will be called when <i>rc</i> receives - a corresponding note; see <a href="../man3/notify.html"><i>notify</i>(3)</a>. The valid note names (and - corresponding notes) are <tt><font size=+1>sighup</font></tt> (<tt><font size=+1>hangup</font></tt>), <tt><font size=+1>sigint</font></tt> (<tt><font size=+1>interrupt</font></tt>), - <tt><font size=+1>sigalrm</font></tt> (<tt><font size=+1>alarm</font></tt>), and <tt><font size=+1>sigfpe</font></tt> (floating point trap). By default - <i>rc</i> exits on receiving any signal, except when - run interactively, in which case interrupts and quits normally - cause <i>rc</i> to stop whatever it’s doing and start reading a new command. - The second form causes <i>rc</i> to handle a signal in the default manner. - <i>Rc</i> recognizes an artificial note, <tt><font size=+1>sigexit</font></tt>, which occurs when <i>rc</i> - is about to finish executing. - - </table> - <i>name</i><tt><font size=+1>=</font></tt><i>argument command<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Any command may be preceded by a sequence of assignments interspersed - with redirections. The assignments remain in effect until the - end of the command, unless the command is empty (i.e. the assignments - stand alone), in which case they are effective until rescinded - by later assignments. - - </table> - <p><font size=+1><b>Built-in Commands </b></font><br> - These commands are executed internally by <i>rc</i>, usually because - their execution changes or depends on <i>rc</i>’s internal state.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>.</font></tt> <i>file ...<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Execute commands from <i>file</i>. <tt><font size=+1>$*</font></tt> is set for the duration to the - remainder of the argument list following <i>file</i>. <i>File</i> is searched - for using <tt><font size=+1>$path</font></tt>.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>builtin</font></tt> <i>command ...<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Execute <i>command</i> as usual except that any function named <i>command</i> - is ignored in favor of the built-in meaning.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>cd [</font></tt><i>dir</i><tt><font size=+1>]<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Change the current directory to <i>dir</i>. The default argument is <tt><font size=+1>$home</font></tt>. - <i>dir</i> is searched for in each of the directories mentioned in <tt><font size=+1>$cdpath</font></tt>.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>eval [</font></tt><i>arg ...</i><tt><font size=+1>]<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The arguments are concatenated separated by spaces into a single - string, read as input to <i>rc</i>, and executed.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>exec [</font></tt><i>command ...</i><tt><font size=+1>]<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - This instance of <i>rc</i> replaces itself with the given (non-built-in) - <i>command</i>.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>flag</font></tt> <i>f</i> <tt><font size=+1>[+−]<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Either set (<tt><font size=+1>+</font></tt>), clear (<tt><font size=+1>−</font></tt>), or test (neither <tt><font size=+1>+</font></tt> nor <tt><font size=+1>−</font></tt>) the flag - <i>f</i>, where <i>f</i> is a single character, one of the command line flags - (see Invocation, below).<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>exit [</font></tt><i>status</i><tt><font size=+1>]<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Exit with the given exit status. If none is given, the current - value of <tt><font size=+1>$status</font></tt> is used.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>rfork</font></tt> [<tt><font size=+1>nNeEsfFm</font></tt>]<br> - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Become a new process group using <tt><font size=+1>rfork(</font></tt><i>flags</i><tt><font size=+1>)</font></tt> where <i>flags</i> is composed - of the bitwise OR of the <tt><font size=+1>rfork</font></tt> flags specified by the option letters - (see <a href="../man2/fork.html"><i>fork</i>(2)</a>). If no <i>flags</i> are given, they default to <tt><font size=+1>ens</font></tt>. The - <i>flags</i> and their meanings are: <tt><font size=+1>n</font></tt> is <tt><font size=+1>RFNAMEG</font></tt>; <tt><font size=+1>N</font></tt> is <tt><font size=+1>RFCNAMEG</font></tt>; <tt><font size=+1>e</font></tt> is - <tt><font size=+1>RFENVG</font></tt>; <tt><font size=+1>E</font></tt> is <tt><font size=+1>RFCENVG</font></tt>; <tt><font size=+1>s</font></tt> is - <tt><font size=+1>RFNOTEG</font></tt>; <tt><font size=+1>f</font></tt> is <tt><font size=+1>RFFDG</font></tt>; <tt><font size=+1>F</font></tt> is <tt><font size=+1>RFCFDG</font></tt>; and <tt><font size=+1>m</font></tt> is <tt><font size=+1>RFNOMNT</font></tt>.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>shift [</font></tt><i>n</i><tt><font size=+1>]<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Delete the first <i>n</i> (default 1) elements of <tt><font size=+1>$*</font></tt>.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>wait [</font></tt><i>pid</i><tt><font size=+1>]<br> - </font></tt> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Wait for the process with the given <i>pid</i> to exit. If no <i>pid</i> is - given, all outstanding processes are waited for.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>whatis</font></tt> <i>name ...<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Print the value of each <i>name</i> in a form suitable for input to <i>rc</i>. - The output is an assignment to any variable, the definition of - any function, a call to <tt><font size=+1>builtin</font></tt> for any built-in command, or the - completed pathname of any executable file.<br> - - </table> - <tt><font size=+1>~</font></tt> <i>subject pattern ...<br> - </i> - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - The <i>subject</i> is matched against each <i>pattern</i> in sequence. If it - matches any pattern, <tt><font size=+1>$status</font></tt> is set to zero. Otherwise, <tt><font size=+1>$status</font></tt> - is set to one. Patterns are the same as for file name matching, - except that <tt><font size=+1>/</font></tt> and the first character of <tt><font size=+1>.</font></tt> and <tt><font size=+1>..</font></tt> need not be - matched explicitly. The <i>patterns</i> are not subjected to - file name matching before the <tt><font size=+1>~</font></tt> command is executed, so they need - not be enclosed in quotation marks.<br> - - </table> - <p><font size=+1><b>Environment </b></font><br> - The <i>environment</i> is a list of strings made available to executing - binaries by the kernel. <i>Rc</i> creates an environment entry for each - variable whose value is non-empty, and for each function. The - string for a variable entry has the variable’s name followed by - <tt><font size=+1>=</font></tt> and its value. If the value has more than one component, - these are separated by SOH (001) characters. The string for a - function is just the <i>rc</i> input that defines the function. The name - of a function in the environment is the function name preceded - by <tt><font size=+1>fn#</font></tt>. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - When <i>rc</i> starts executing it reads variable and function definitions - from its environment.<br> - <p><font size=+1><b>Special Variables </b></font><br> - The following variables are set or used by <i>rc</i>.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>$*</font></tt> Set to <i>rc</i>’s argument list during initialization. Whenever a - <tt><font size=+1>.</font></tt> command or a function is executed, the current value is saved - and <tt><font size=+1>$*</font></tt> receives the new argument list. The saved value is restored - on completion of the <tt><font size=+1>.</font></tt> or function.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>$apid</font></tt> Whenever a process is started asynchronously with <tt><font size=+1>&</font></tt>, <tt><font size=+1>$apid</font></tt> - is set to its process id.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>$home</font></tt> The default directory for <tt><font size=+1>cd</font></tt>.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>$ifs</font></tt> The input field separators used in backquote substitutions. - If <tt><font size=+1>$ifs</font></tt> is not set in <i>rc</i>’s environment, it is initialized to blank, - tab and newline.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>$path</font></tt> The search path used to find commands and input files for - the <tt><font size=+1>.</font></tt> command. If not set in the environment, it is initialized - by parsing the <tt><font size=+1>$PATH</font></tt> variable (as in <a href="../man1/sh.html"><i>sh</i>(1)</a>) or by <tt><font size=+1>path=(. /bin)</font></tt>. - The variables <tt><font size=+1>$path</font></tt> and <tt><font size=+1>$PATH</font></tt> are maintained together: changes - to one will be reflected in the other. - <tt><font size=+1>$pid</font></tt> Set during initialization to <i>rc</i>’s process id.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>$prompt</font></tt> When <i>rc</i> is run interactively, the first component of <tt><font size=+1>$prompt</font></tt> - is printed before reading each command. The second component is - printed whenever a newline is typed and more lines are required - to complete the command. If not set in the environment, it is - initialized by <tt><font size=+1>prompt=('% ' ' ')</font></tt>. - <tt><font size=+1>$status</font></tt> Set to the wait message of the last-executed program. (unless - started with <tt><font size=+1>&). !</font></tt> and <tt><font size=+1>~</font></tt> also change <tt><font size=+1>$status</font></tt>. Its value is used - to control execution in <tt><font size=+1>&&</font></tt>, <tt><font size=+1>||</font></tt>, <tt><font size=+1>if</font></tt> and <tt><font size=+1>while</font></tt> commands. When <i>rc</i> exits - at end-of-file of its input or on executing an <tt><font size=+1>exit</font></tt> command with - no argument, <tt><font size=+1>$status</font></tt> is its - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - exit status.<br> - - </table> - - </table> - <p><font size=+1><b>Invocation </b></font><br> - If <i>rc</i> is started with no arguments it reads commands from standard - input. Otherwise its first non-flag argument is the name of a - file from which to read commands (but see <tt><font size=+1>−c</font></tt> below). Subsequent - arguments become the initial value of <tt><font size=+1>$*</font></tt>. <i>Rc</i> accepts the following - command-line flags.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>−c</font></tt> <i>string</i> Commands are read from <i>string</i>.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>−s</font></tt> Print out exit status after any command where the status is - non-null.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>−e</font></tt> Exit if <tt><font size=+1>$status</font></tt> is non-null after executing a simple command.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>−i</font></tt> If <tt><font size=+1>−i</font></tt> is present, or <i>rc</i> is given no arguments and its standard - input is a terminal, it runs interactively. Commands are prompted - for using <tt><font size=+1>$prompt</font></tt>.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>−I</font></tt> Makes sure <i>rc</i> is not run interactively.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>−l</font></tt> If <tt><font size=+1>−l</font></tt> is given or the first character of argument zero is <tt><font size=+1>−</font></tt>, - <i>rc</i> reads commands from <tt><font size=+1>$home/lib/profile</font></tt>, if it exists, before - reading its normal input.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>−p</font></tt> A no-op.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>−d</font></tt> A no-op.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>−v</font></tt> Echo input on file descriptor 2 as it is read.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>−x</font></tt> Print each simple command before executing it.<br> - <tt><font size=+1>−r</font></tt> Print debugging information (internal form of commands as they - are executed).<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/cmd/rc<br> - </font></tt> -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - Tom Duff, “Rc – The Plan 9 Shell”.<br> - -</table> -<p><font size=+1><b>BUGS </b></font><br> - -<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> - - There should be a way to match patterns against whole lists rather - than just single strings. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - Using <tt><font size=+1>~</font></tt> to check the value of <tt><font size=+1>$status</font></tt> changes <tt><font size=+1>$status</font></tt>. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - Functions that use here documents don’t work. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - Free carets don’t get inserted next to keywords. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - The <tt><font size=+1><{</font></tt><i>command</i><tt><font size=+1>}</font></tt> syntax depends on the underlying operating system - providing a file descriptor device tree at <tt><font size=+1>/dev/fd</font></tt>. - <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> - - By default, FreeBSD 5 does not provide file descriptors greater - than 2 in <tt><font size=+1>/dev/fd</font></tt>. 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