Hi, Why do I need cat (the second on) here?
$ echo first >file1 $ echo second >file2 $ (for i in file[12] ; do cat "$i" > /dev/stdout ; done) | cat > both $ cat both first second ---- If I omit the "| cat" after the loop I get $ cat both second Even when using ">> both" instead of "> both" only "second" makes it into both. Why? I would have thought that using a subshell should be enough to protect the both from being overwritten. Ralf
