Trying to escape asciidoc (9.1.0) * with \ preserves the backslash in
the formatted man page. Bare * works as expected.
Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <snemec@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
doc/nft.txt | 22 +++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nft.txt b/doc/nft.txt
index 2642d8903787..32261e266aa6 100644
--- a/doc/nft.txt
+++ b/doc/nft.txt
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ semicolon (;). +
A hash sign (#) begins a comment. All following characters on the same line are
ignored. +
-Identifiers begin with an alphabetic character (a-z,A-Z), followed zero or more
+Identifiers begin with an alphabetic character (a-z,A-Z), followed by zero or more
alphanumeric characters (a-z,A-Z,0-9) and the characters slash (/), backslash
(\), underscore (_) and dot (.). Identifiers using different characters or
clashing with a keyword need to be enclosed in double quotes (").
@@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ relative path) or / for file location expressed as an absolute path. +
If *-I*/*--includepath* is not specified, then nft relies on the default
directory that is specified at compile time. You can retrieve this default
-directory via *-h*/*--help* option. +
+directory via the *-h*/*--help* option. +
-Include statements support the usual shell wildcard symbols (\*,?,[]). Having no
+Include statements support the usual shell wildcard symbols (*,?,[]). Having no
matches for an include statement is not an error, if wildcard symbols are used
in the include statement. This allows having potentially empty include
directories for statements like **include "/etc/firewall/rules/"**. The wildcard
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ SYMBOLIC VARIABLES
*$variable*
Symbolic variables can be defined using the *define* statement. Variable
-references are expressions and can be used initialize other variables. The scope
+references are expressions and can be used to initialize other variables. The scope
of a definition is the current block and all blocks contained within.
.Using symbolic variables
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ further quirks worth noticing:
hook.
The *priority* parameter accepts a signed integer value or a standard priority
-name which specifies the order in which chains with same *hook* value are
+name which specifies the order in which chains with the same *hook* value are
traversed. The ordering is ascending, i.e. lower priority values have precedence
over higher ones.
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ the others. See the following tables that describe the values and compatibility.
Basic arithmetic expressions (addition and subtraction) can also be achieved
with these standard names to ease relative prioritizing, e.g. *mangle - 5* stands
for *-155*. Values will also be printed like this until the value is not
-further than 10 form the standard value.
+further than 10 from the standard value.
Base chains also allow to set the chain's *policy*, i.e. what happens to
packets not explicitly accepted or refused in contained rules. Supported policy
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ table inet filter {
ip saddr 10.1.1.1 tcp dport ssh accept # handle 5
...
# delete the rule with handle 5
-# nft delete rule inet filter input handle 5
+nft delete rule inet filter input handle 5
-------------------------
SETS
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ identified by a user-defined name and attached to tables. Their behaviour can
be tuned with the flags that can be specified at set creation time.
[horizontal]
-*add*:: Add a new set in the specified table. See the Set specification table below for more information about how to specify a sets properties.
+*add*:: Add a new set in the specified table. See the Set specification table below for more information about how to specify properties of a set.
*delete*:: Delete the specified set.
*list*:: Display the elements in the specified set.
*flush*:: Remove all elements from the specified set.
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ expression to derive the data type from
set flags |
string: constant, dynamic, interval, timeout
|timeout |
-time an element stays in the set, mandatory if set is added to from the packet path (ruleset).|
+time an element stays in the set, mandatory if set is added to from the packet path (ruleset)|
string, decimal followed by unit. Units are: d, h, m, s
|gc-interval |
garbage collection interval, only available when timeout or flag timeout are
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ string, decimal followed by unit. Units are: d, h, m, s
elements contained by the set |
set data type
|size |
-maximum number of elements in the set, mandatory if set is added to from the packet path (ruleset).|
+maximum number of elements in the set, mandatory if set is added to from the packet path (ruleset)|
unsigned integer (64 bit)
|policy |
set policy |
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ ____
Element-related commands allow to change contents of named sets and maps.
'key_expression' is typically a value matching the set type.
'value_expression' is not allowed in sets but mandatory when adding to maps, where it
-matches the data part in it's type definition. When deleting from maps, it may
+matches the data part in its type definition. When deleting from maps, it may
be specified but is optional as 'key_expression' uniquely identifies the
element.
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