[TUHS] redirection wildness in v7

[Chet Ramey]

On 11/9/17 9:34 AM, Will Senn wrote:
> Why does the first of these incantations not present text, but the second
> does (word is a file)? Neither errors out.
> 
> $ <word | sed 20q

A null command consisting of only a redirection (effectively a no-op).

> $ <word sed 20q

Equivalent to 'sed 20q < word', which has the obvious meaning.


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