Spotted these when customizing my prompt.
I think "may differ from" is better than "could be different from,"
and you're free to (heh) differ, but in either case we get the
to -> from
--
Scott Cheloha
Index: bin/ksh/ksh.1
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RCS file: /cvs/src/bin/ksh/ksh.1,v
retrieving revision 1.192
diff -u -p -r1.192 ksh.1
--- bin/ksh/ksh.1 11 Aug 2017 23:10:55 -0000 1.192
+++ bin/ksh/ksh.1 18 Aug 2017 00:19:35 -0000
@@ -1614,16 +1614,15 @@ in
.Ev PS1 .
.It Li \e#
The current command number.
-This could be different to the current history number,
-if
+This may differ from the current history number if
.Ev HISTFILE
contains a history list from a previous session.
.It Li \e$
-The default prompt i.e.\&
-.Sq # \&
+The default prompt character i.e.\&
+.Sq #\&
if the effective UID is 0,
otherwise
-.Sq $ \& .
+.Sq $\& .
Since the shell interprets
.Sq $
as a special character within double quotes,
