TBlittlefoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But I can't find a reference to "\<" in man bash. It's > not a typo, because the script works fine.
The backslash ensures that the "<" doesn't trigger a redirection. Offhand, I'm not sure whether it's needed in this context, but apparently it's at least harmless. > It appears to be a synonym for "<=", <= would iterate one extra time. > Would ">/" == "=>" too? \> , '>' , and perhaps > (unquoted) would all be equivalent as less-than. '>=' would be less-than-or-equal. paul _______________________________________________ help-gnu-utils mailing list help-gnu-utils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-utils
