gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (01/31/91)
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.
Harald.Eikrem@elab-runit.sintef.no (01/31/91)
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
sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) (01/31/91)
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. -- Sean Eric Fagan | "I made the universe, but please don't blame me for it; sef@kithrup.COM | I had a bellyache at the time." -----------------+ -- The Turtle (Stephen King, _It_) Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others.
root@tndsyd.oz (the main man) (01/31/91)
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 !!!
jeff@onion.rain.com (Jeff Beadles) (02/02/91)
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 -- Jeff Beadles jeff@onion.rain.com