[PATCH 15/42] find.1: access ` character portably

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:46:17 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.findutils.bugs
Message-ID	<20251119034617.vt2hyjg5kb4fnrpm@illithid>

When using ` as the Unix shell's command output substitution operator,
use the portable *roff `\(ga` special character escape sequence to
ensure that we really format a grave accent rather than a typographer's
single quotation mark (‘).
---
 find/find.1 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/find/find.1 b/find/find.1
index befc5b27..13e1efff 100644
--- a/find/find.1
+++ b/find/find.1
@@ -2268,7 +2268,7 @@ .SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
 .
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .\" A bulleted \(bu list of examples.
-.SS "Simple `find|xargs` approach"
+.SS "Simple \(gafind|xargs\(ga approach"
 .IP \(bu 4n
 Find files named
 .I core
@@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ .SS "Simple `find|xargs` approach"
 Note that this will work incorrectly if there are
 any filenames containing newlines, single or double quotes, or spaces.
 .
-.SS "Safer `find \-print0 | xargs \-0` approach"
+.SS "Safer \(gafind \-print0 | xargs \-0\(ga approach"
 .IP \(bu 4n
 Find files named \fIcore\fP in or below the directory \fI/tmp\fP
 and delete them, processing filenames in such a way that file or
-- 
2.30.2

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