[TUHS] sh: cmd | >file

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Sun Jan 5 09:53:47 AEST 2020


On Sat, 4 Jan 2020, Chet Ramey wrote:

> It's elegant until you forget that `:' continues to process redirections.

So just keep remembering that it's an actual command :-)

Which reminds me: which Shell introduced "#" as a true comment?

Hmmm, not quite true; only the C-Shell says "#: Command not found" so it 
only works in a script; odd...

Then again, no-one in their right mind uses "csh" :-)

-- Dave


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