Re: Nasty bug in release 4 Bourne shell

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From: Wm E. Davidsen Jr
Date: Mon, 31 Dec 1990 04:07

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In article <andy.662338820@xwkg> andy@xwkg.Icom.Com (Andrew H. Marrinson) writes:

| If you run this with the input
| 
|         file1
|         file2
| 
| You get a single file, file1, containing the two lines

  Actually, if you forget to put "exec >/dev/tty" after the loop you
will get a lot more than two lines...

| I got this result using Dell Unix.  I suspect that it is an AT&T bug,
| though.  I can't imagine Dell fooled with Bourne shell at all.  Let me
| know if there is a release 4 System V out there that doesn't do this!

  Use your ksh! Seems to work there.
-- 
bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: Nasty bug in release 4 Bourne shell
Keywords: Bourne shell, exec, redirection
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Date: 31 Dec 90 04:07:12 GMT
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