On 08/18, Robert Elz wrote:
> Does this actually help, or is all this text just making it less likely that
> the average script writer will ever read any of it?
I see your point. Yes, this seems too long. Maybe it would be more
appropriate in the POSIX sh shell book you were planning to write. :-)
I was thinking something short like what's in the Pipelines subsection
of the Description section of sh(1) right now:
Because pipeline assignment of standard input or standard output
or both takes place before redirection, it can be modified by
redirection. For example:
$ command1 2>&1 | command2
sends both the standard output and standard error of command1 to the
standard input of command2.
But if there's no good way to give a short example like that, then I
rescind the suggestion; just forget it.
Lewis
