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From: jlhaferman@l_cae07.icaen.uiowa.edu (Jeffrey Lawrence Haferman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: How to do <cmd> file | hold file
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Date: 7 Sep 90 17:57:59 GMT
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I had a shell script that used to perform what I have in the
subject line.  For example,  suppose I want to sort a file
and place the result in the same file without destroying it,
e.g.

   % sort file > tmp
   % mv tmp file

I would like a command 'hold' which would do the above via

   % sort file | hold file

Got a good one liner for this (in c-shell)?


Jeff Haferman                            internet: jlhaferman@icaen.uiowa.edu
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Iowa
Iowa City IA  52240