On Mon, May 05, 2014 at 05:40:03 -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> $ echo test2 >&${foofd}
> $ cat /tmp/foo.out
> test1
> test2
> $
>
> it *appends* to the file, which is not what i was expecting.
I'm guessing you were expecting the fd to be automatically closed, but I
don't think that would make much sense.
Close fd:
$ {foofd}>&-
Allocate fd:
$ {foofd}>/tmp/foo.out
Write to fd:
$ echo test3 >&$foofd
$ cat /tmp/foo.out
test3
Joe
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