[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man4 Note "sifting" requires backslash escapes for...

[jhawk <jhawk%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/04ab5c89a559
branches:  trunk
changeset: 486514:04ab5c89a559
user:      jhawk <jhawk%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Tue May 23 23:48:43 2000 +0000

description:
Note "sifting" requires backslash escapes for leading digits.

diffstat:

 share/man/man4/ddb.4 |  8 +++++++-
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diffs (22 lines):

diff -r 5cce04fe7c05 -r 04ab5c89a559 share/man/man4/ddb.4
--- a/share/man/man4/ddb.4      Tue May 23 23:47:28 2000 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man4/ddb.4      Tue May 23 23:48:43 2000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: ddb.4,v 1.46 2000/05/22 14:49:11 jhawk Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: ddb.4,v 1.47 2000/05/23 23:48:43 jhawk Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -622,6 +622,12 @@
 .Sy & ,
 and file symbols display
 .Sy / .
+.Pp
+To sift for a string beginning with a number, escape the first
+character with a backslash as:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+sifting \\386
+.Ed
 .It Xo
 .Ic step Ns Op Cm /p
 .Op Cm , Ns Ar count