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From the keyboard of root@tndsyd.oz (the main man):
:Try this out:
:	$ echo > foo '
:	> garbage
:	> ...
:	> ...
:	> ...
:	> ...
:	> '
:	$
:
:Then cat foo. This is a wierd bug but could be used instead of:
:	cat << ! > foo
:	garbage
:	...
:	...
:	...
:	...
:	!

That's not a bug -- it's a feature.  That the csh doesn't do 
the right thing here is its problem; real shells are defined to 
behave in just this way.  If it ever stops working, complain.

--tom
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 he can finally have the whole O/S built-in to his editor like he
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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.

said root@tndsyd.oz    [which is no valid internet mail address --H.E]:

> Try this out:
> 	$ echo > foo '
> 	> garbage
> 	> ...
> 	> ...
> 	> ...
> 	> ...
> 	> '
> 	$
> 
> Then cat foo. This is a wierd bug but could be used instead of:
> 	cat << ! > foo
> 	garbage
> 	...
> 	...
> 	...
> 	...
> 	!
> 
> A user friendly bug !!!

What do you mean is a bug here?  This behaves perfecly normal to me, and of
course the two methods produce different results.

$ echo > foo '
> bar
> and
> grill
> '
$ cat foo    

bar
and
grill

$ cat << ! > foo
> bar
> and
> grill
> !
$ cat foo
bar
and
grill
$ 


--Harald E

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

Uhm, why do you consider this a bug?  That's doing exactly what I would
expect it to.

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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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