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diff --git a/doc/forstdin.html b/doc/forstdin.html index c7cc3d4..44939fe 100644 --- a/doc/forstdin.html +++ b/doc/forstdin.html @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ run another program. </p> <pre> - forstdin [ -p | -o <em>okcodes</em> | -x <em>breakcodes</em> ] [ -e eofcode ] [ -n ] [ -C | -c ] [ -0 | -d <em>delim</em> ] <em>variable</em> <em>loop...</em> + forstdin [ -p | -o <em>okcodes</em> | -x <em>breakcodes</em> ] [ -E firsteofcode ] [ -e eofcode ] [ -n ] [ -C | -c ] [ -0 | -d <em>delim</em> ] <em>variable</em> <em>loop...</em> </pre> <ul> @@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ run another program. <li> For every argument <em>x</em> in the split output, <tt>forstdin</tt> runs <em>loop...</em> as a child process, with <em>variable</em>=<em>x</em> added to its environment. </li> - <li><tt>forstdin</tt> then exits 0. + <li><tt>forstdin</tt> then exits 0 if it has read something on stdin, +and 1 if it hasn't read anything. </li> </ul> <h2> Options </h2> @@ -63,8 +64,10 @@ not listed in <em>okcodes</em>, forstdin will exit immediately with an option, but with inverted meaning - the listed exit codes are codes that will make forstdin break the loop and exit, and the unlisted exit codes will make it keep looping. </li> - <li> <tt>-e</tt> <em>eofcode</em> : if forstdin reads EOF, -exit <em>eofcode</em>. Default is 0. </li> + <li> <tt>-E</tt> <em>firsteofcode</em> : if forstdin encounters +EOF on its first attempt to read data, exit <em>firsteofcode</em>. Default is 1. </li> + <li> <tt>-e</tt> <em>eofcode</em> : if forstdin has already +read data, and encounters EOF, exit <em>eofcode</em>. Default is 0. </li> <li> Other options are used to <a href="el_transform.html">control the substitution mechanism</a> for every <em>x</em>. Of course, you can't split <em>x</em>. The default delimiter for <tt>forstdin</tt> is a |