tests: shell: README: copy edit

Grammar, wording, formatting fixes (no substantial change of meaning).

Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <snemec@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>

diff --git a/tests/shell/README b/tests/shell/README
index e0279bbdc30c3eb77737b49c50f0f9ae965cd165..35f6e3785f0e87a06afec9329a79248484ba0131 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/shell/README
+++ b/tests/shell/README
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
-This test-suite is intended to perform tests of higher level than
-the other regression test-suite.
+This test suite is intended to perform tests on a higher level
+than the other regression test suites.
 
-It can run arbitrary executables which can perform any test apart of testing
-the nft syntax or netlink code (which is what the regression tests does).
+It can run arbitrary executables which can perform any test, not
+limited to testing the nft syntax or netlink code (which is what
+the regression tests do).
 
 To run the test suite (as root):
  $ cd tests/shell
  # ./run-tests.sh
 
-Test files are executables files with the pattern <<name_N>>, where N is the
-expected return code of the executable. Since they are located with `find',
-test-files can be spread in any sub-directories.
+Test files are executable files matching the pattern <<name_N>>,
+where N is the expected return code of the executable. Since they
+are located with `find', test files can be put in any subdirectory.
 
 You can turn on a verbose execution by calling:
  # ./run-tests.sh -v
@@ -18,11 +19,11 @@ You can turn on a verbose execution by calling:
 And generate missing dump files with:
  # ./run-tests.sh -g <TESTFILE>
 
-Before each call to the test-files, `nft flush ruleset' will be called.
-Also, test-files will receive the environment variable $NFT which contains the
-path to the nftables binary being tested.
+Before each test file invocation, `nft flush ruleset' will be called.
+Also, test file process environment will include the variable $NFT
+which contains the path to the nft binary being tested.
 
 You can pass an arbitrary $NFT value as well:
  # NFT=/usr/local/sbin/nft ./run-tests.sh
 
-By default the tests are run with the nft binary at '../../src/nft'
+By default, the tests are run with the nft binary at '../../src/nft'