Re: Wierd shell bug could be useful

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From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 1991 19:09

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In article <618@tndsyd.oz> root@tndsyd.oz (the main man) writes:
>Try this out:
>	$ echo > foo '
>	> garbage
>	> '
>A user friendly bug !!!

What do you mean, bug?  The Bourne shell has always been advertised
as accepting I/O redirections anywhere among the arguments.

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!emory!gatech!purdue!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn
From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Wierd shell bug could be useful
Message-ID: <15016@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 30 Jan 91 19:09:34 GMT
References: <618@tndsyd.oz>
Followup-To: comp.bugs.sys5
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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