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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
.\" GNU General Public License for more details."
-.TH SYSCTL "8" "2021-03-29" "procps-ng" "System Administration"
+.TH SYSCTL "8" "2023-01-16" "procps-ng" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
sysctl \- configure kernel parameters at runtime
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ sysctl \- configure kernel parameters at runtime
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B sysctl
is used to modify kernel parameters at runtime. The parameters available
-are those listed under /proc/sys/. Procfs is required for
+are those listed under \fI/proc/sys/\fR. Procfs is required for
.B sysctl
support in Linux. You can use
.B sysctl
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ Use this option to not display the values set to stdout.
Use this option when all arguments prescribe a key to be set.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR[\fIFILE\fR], \fB\-\-load\fR[=\fIFILE\fR]
-Load in sysctl settings from the file specified or /etc/sysctl.conf if none
-given. Specifying \- as filename means reading data from standard input.
-Using this option will mean arguments to
+Load in \fBsysctl\fR settings from the file specified or \fI/etc/sysctl.conf\fR
+if none given. Specifying \- as filename means reading data from standard
+input. Using this option will mean arguments to
.B sysctl
are files, which are read in the order they are specified.
The file argument may be specified as regular expression.
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ are deprecated. The
.B sysctl
command does not allow changing values of these
parameters. Users who insist to use deprecated kernel interfaces should push values
-to /proc file system by other means. For example:
+to \fB/proc\fR file system by other means. For example:
.PP
echo 256 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/neigh/eth0/base_reachable_time
.SH FILES