On 7/20/26 3:31 PM, Britton Kerin wrote:
Given that read can operate on file descriptors and that bash supports named descriptors, I think the sentence about -t having no effect on regular files should be included in the help output as well.
That's the crux of it. The help text is not intended to replace the man page or texinfo documentation -- it exists as a quick reference to the essential features. I suppose the difference is that it didn't happen to include what you were looking for.
If it's going to leave out critical info I'd rather just see a 'See the full documentation for details' in the help.
That's implicit and valid for every builtin documented by `help'.
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