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@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@ DESCRIPTION NOTES At least one argument is required. Since this is not - a builtin function, it cannot be used as exec(1) without + a built-in function, it cannot be used as exec(1) without arguments to set file descriptors. - Because this is not a builtin function, running this - program would normally do an fork–exec rather than + Because this is not a built-in function, running this + program would normally do a fork–exec rather than just an exec. To just perform an exec, you need to use exec(1) too: exec exec-as EXAMPLES 'exec-as bash -bash' will run the first program in - $PATH named bash, and set argv[0] to -bash (making it - a login shell.) You can add addition argument as needed. + $PATH named bash, and set argv[0] to -bash (making it a + login shell.) You can add additional arguments as needed. SEE ALSO exec(1), exec(3) |