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Article #349Re: Wierd shell bug could be useful
From: Jeff Beadles
Date: Sat, 02 Feb 1991 02:31
Date: Sat, 02 Feb 1991 02:31
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In article <618@tndsyd.oz> root@tndsyd.oz (the main man) writes:
>Try this out:
> $ echo > foo '
> > garbage
> > '
> $
This is not a bug! I often write scripts with something like this:
$ < file program > file2
The shell will allow redirection operators ('<' and '>') most anywhere.
It's not a bug, it's a FEATURE! :-)
-Jeff
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Jeff Beadles jeff@onion.rain.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!milton!ogicse!pdxgate!parsely!percy!qiclab!onion!jeff From: jeff@onion.rain.com (Jeff Beadles) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Wierd shell bug could be useful Message-ID: <1991Feb2.023113.24060@onion.rain.com> Date: 2 Feb 91 02:31:13 GMT References: <618@tndsyd.oz> Lines: 19