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authorTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2017-04-26 17:51:47 +1200
committerTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2017-04-26 17:51:47 +1200
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name1 name2 name3
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PATH=/foo:/bar/baz
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.SH DESCRIPTION
-Iterate through the contents of the PATH variable looking for files with any of
+Iterate through the directories named in $PATH looking for files with any of
the specified names that do not have the executable permissions bit set, and
-try to set it if found. Exit nonzero if any of the names were not found, or if
-any of the permissions changes failed.
+attempt to set them if any such files are found. Exit nonzero if any of the
+names were not found, or if any of the permissions changes failed.
.SH SEE ALSO
chmod(1), eds(1df)
.SH AUTHOR