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diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml index 67c68d2f8b..b244a7e970 100644 --- a/man/systemd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd.service.xml @@ -918,18 +918,14 @@ must be passed as separate words). Lone semicolons may be escaped as <literal>\;</literal>.</para> - <para>Each command line is split on whitespace, with the first - item being the command to execute, and the subsequent items being - the arguments. Double quotes ("...") and single quotes ('...') may - be used, in which case everything until the next matching quote - becomes part of the same argument. C-style escapes are also - supported. The table below contains the list of allowed escape - patterns. Only patterns which match the syntax in the table are - allowed; others will result in an error, and must be escaped by - doubling the backslash. Quotes themselves are removed after - parsing and escape sequences substituted. In addition, a trailing - backslash (<literal>\</literal>) may be used to merge lines. - </para> + <para>Each command line is split on whitespace, with the first item being the command to + execute, and the subsequent items being the arguments. Double quotes ("...") and single quotes + ('...') may be used, in which case everything until the next matching quote becomes part of the + same argument. Quotes themselves are removed. C-style escapes are also supported. The table + below contains the list of known escape patterns. Only escape patterns which match the syntax in + the table are allowed; other patterns may be added in the future and unknown patterns will + result in a warning. In particular, any backslashes should be doubled. Finally, a trailing + backslash (<literal>\</literal>) may be used to merge lines.</para> <para>This syntax is intended to be very similar to shell syntax, but only the meta-characters and expansions described in the |