On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 02:54:15PM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote: > Cool! I logged onto one of the Linux systems here and found the info > description OK, but when I tried it out, I got an error: > > $ vi <(ls) > sh: syntax error: `(' unexpected > > I'll have to find out from the Linux sys admin why this doesn't work. > This would be great for doing stuff like diff'ing the outputs of two > commands.
It turned out that the login shell on the Linux system I tried was /usr/bin/sh, which was a symbolic link to /bin/ksh rather than to /bin/bash. The command works fine with bash. Gary -- Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Spokane, Washington, USA http://www.spocom.com/users/gjohnson/mutt/ |