2010/11/22 Roshan <[email protected]>: > So effectively, whenever, we are redirecting to STDOUT or STDERR, the > command (process) that is executed, its output or error is put into a > file. Anytime, the input for bash fails (via file through < operator), > the subsequent STDOUT and STDERR are reverted to usual (the terminal) > [even if appeared to be changed in the actual command].
Bash will process the command line left-to-right for redirections. So, you will see different behaviour depending on whether you run: cat < foo 2> err or cat 2> err < foo That also explains the differing behaviours of: ls -ld /tmp /nonexistent > /tmp/output 2>&1 and ls -ld /tmp /nonexistent 2>&1 > /tmp/output Also: the '<' redirection for input is for the command that bash runs, not for bash itself (but see the documentation of the "exec" bash builtin). Binand -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
