Fuzzy Fox wrote:
>
> John Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
>>
>> I had this line in there, but didn't have a space on either side of
>> the ">" character. When I added the spaces, it worked!
>
> Um... technically those spaces are not necessary, so I don't know why
> that made a difference. :)
The first space (between "1" and ">") is necessary. If it's not there,
the shell thinks you want to redirect file descriptor 1 (stdout) of the
"echo" command to the file:
$ echo 1> foo
$ cat foo
$ echo 1 > foo
$ cat foo
1
You could also enclose the "1" in double quotes or escape it with a
backslash to stop the shell from treating "1>" specially.
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