commit bash-20090423 snapshot

doc/bashref.texi

@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ bash$ echo a@{d,c,b@}e
 ade ace abe
 @end example
 
-A sequence expression takes the form @code{@{@var{x}..@var{y}[@var{incr}]@}},
+A sequence expression takes the form @code{@{@var{x}..@var{y}[..@var{incr}]@}},
 where @var{x} and @var{y} are either integers or single characters,
 and @var{incr}, an optional increment, is an integer.
 When integers are supplied, the expression expands to each number between
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ array in turn, and the expansion is the resultant list.
 @itemx $@{@var{parameter},,@var{pattern}@}
 This expansion modifies the case of alphabetic characters in @var{parameter}.
 The @var{pattern} is expanded to produce a pattern just as in
-pathname expansion.
+filename expansion.
 The @samp{^} operator converts lowercase letters matching @var{pattern}
 to uppercase; the @samp{,} operator converts matching uppercase letters
 to lowercase.
@@ -1941,7 +1941,7 @@ an error message is printed and the command is not executed.
 If the shell option @code{nocaseglob} is enabled, the match is performed
 without regard to the case of alphabetic characters.
 
-When a pattern is used for filename generation, the character @samp{.}
+When a pattern is used for filename expansion, the character @samp{.}
 at the start of a filename or immediately following a slash
 must be matched explicitly, unless the shell option @code{dotglob} is set.
 When matching a file name, the slash character must always be
@@ -4013,7 +4013,7 @@ separately (@pxref{Command Execution Environment}), and may cause
 subshells to exit before executing all the commands in the subshell.
 
 @item -f
-Disable file name generation (globbing).
+Disable filename expansion (globbing).
 
 @item -h
 Locate and remember (hash) commands as they are looked up for execution.
@@ -4396,7 +4396,7 @@ performed within @code{$@{@var{parameter}@}} expansions
 enclosed in double quotes.  This option is enabled by default. 
 
 @item failglob
-If set, patterns which fail to match filenames during pathname expansion
+If set, patterns which fail to match filenames during filename expansion
 result in an expansion error.
 
 @item force_fignore
@@ -6039,7 +6039,7 @@ The @code{unset} builtin is used to destroy arrays.
 @code{unset} @var{name}[@var{subscript}]
 destroys the array element at index @var{subscript}.
 Care must be taken to avoid unwanted side effects caused by filename
-generation.
+expansion.
 @code{unset} @var{name}, where @var{name} is an array, removes the
 entire array. A subscript of @samp{*} or @samp{@@} also removes the
 entire array.