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Convert pid, gid, uid, and ip to process_id, group_id, user_id, and ip_address

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#22,636 opened on May 30, 2026

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process_id, group_id, and user_id are much more descriptive. These can also be abbreviations of something else so be mindful. pid can be product_id and gid can be gpu_id for example. In addition I would like to see ip converted to ip_address, essid converted to extended_ssid, and bssid converted to basic_ssid. Also if you see a basic id, you can change that to something more descriptive.

I'm open for other abbreviations that should be spelled out. Here are a couple that I've made lowercase https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/pulls?q=is%3Apr%20lowercase%20is%3Aclosed%20author%3Amanagor

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Search recursively for all instances of 'pid', 'gid', 'uid', 'ip', 'essid', 'bssid' in the markdown pages and replace them with 'process id', 'group id', 'user id', 'ip address', 'extended ssid', 'basic ssid' respectively. Be cautious of false positives where these abbreviations may refer to different terms (e.g., 'pid' as 'product id'). Also look for bare 'id' and replace with a more descriptive term if appropriate.
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