.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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-.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.82 2006/02/24 20:22:16 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssh_config.5,v 1.83 2006/02/24 20:31:31 jmc Exp $
.Dd September 25, 1999
.Dt SSH_CONFIG 5
.Os
keyword) to be only for those hosts that match one of the patterns
given after the keyword.
A single
-.Ql \&*
+.Ql *
as a pattern can be used to provide global
defaults for all hosts.
The host is the
.Ar hostname
-argument given on the command line (i.e., the name is not converted to
+argument given on the command line (i.e. the name is not converted to
a canonicalized host name before matching).
.Pp
See