Robert Huff wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I know this is a Unix shell command, and off-topic, but I'm > > curious. I've been reading a few 'make' commands at work that end > > in "|&" and I was wondering if that redirection string is > > synonymous to "| /dev/stdout". > > That's (t)csh-speak for "send both stdout and stderr to the > pipe". '|' only covers stdout.
Just for completeness, ">&" (file) and ">|" (pipe) are also supported by zsh (which is a bourne-shell like sh, ksh or bash). In fact it's simply a shortcut for "2>&1" (which means to dup descriptor 2 [=stderr] to desciptor 1 [=stdout]). The effect is, as several people have pointed out, to redirect both stdout and stderr to the same file or pipe, respectively. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "That's what I love about GUIs: They make simple tasks easier, and complex tasks impossible." -- John William Chambless _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"