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Fix documentation of process.argv[0] #7449

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Updated ReadMe for #7434
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Minor grammatical changes in doc for process api
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Drop paranthesis around `process.execPath`
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Expand Up @@ -450,10 +450,11 @@ console.log(`This processor architecture is ${process.arch}`);
added: v0.1.27
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The `process.argv` property returns a array containing the command line
arguments passed when the Node.js process was launched. The first element will
be 'node', the second element will be the name of the JavaScript file. The
remaining elements will be any additional command line arguments.
The `process.argv` property returns a array containing the command line

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a -> an

arguments passed when the Node.js process was launched.The first element will

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Space after the period.

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@cjihrig Now it LGTM. 🍭

be [`process.execPath()`]. The second element will be the path to the

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process.execPath is not a function, so I’d drop the parentheses?

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Done 👍

JavaScript file being executed. The remaining elements will be any additional
command line arguments.

For example, assuming the following script for `process-args.js`:

Expand All @@ -473,7 +474,7 @@ $ node process-2.js one two=three four
Would generate the output:

```text
0: node
0: /usr/local/bin/node
1: /Users/mjr/work/node/process-2.js
2: one
3: two=three
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[`process.argv`]: #process_process_argv
[`process.exit()`]: #process_process_exit_code
[`process.kill()`]: #process_process_kill_pid_signal
[`process.execPath()`]: #process_process_execPath
[`promise.catch()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise/catch
[`require.main`]: modules.html#modules_accessing_the_main_module
[`setTimeout(fn, 0)`]: timers.html#timers_settimeout_callback_delay_arg
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