Re: echo x > a > b > c > d

OK. (But shellcheck doesn't catch it either.) $ { echo '#!/bin/sh'; echo 'echo x > c > c > c';}|shellcheck /dev/stdin $ { echo '#!/bin/sh'; echo 'echo x < c < c < c';}|shellcheck /dev/stdin

Re: echo x > a > b > c > d

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 7:40 PM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > OK sorry. I guess they make a lot of sense. These constructs are valid grammatically, and have a well defined semantic meaning. See: dualbus@debian:~$ strace -e open bash -c ': &1|tail -n5 open("a", O_RDONLY)

Re: echo x > a > b > c > d

OK sorry. I guess they make a lot of sense.

Re: echo x > a > b > c > d

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 6:42 PM, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote: > Maybe bash should catch this > $ echo x > a > b > c > d > and print a warning. > Same with > $ cat < a < b < c < d Why? These are perfectly valid grammatical constructs. What kind of warning are you expecting to see