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From: Harald.Eikrem@elab-runit.sintef.no
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5,comp.unix.shell
Subject: Re: Wierd shell bug could be useful
Message-ID: <1991Jan30.210609*Harald.Eikrem@elab-runit.sintef.no>
Date: 30 Jan 91 20:06:09 GMT
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In-Reply-To: root@tndsyd.oz's message of 31 Jan 91 03:55:05 GMT

said root@tndsyd.oz    [which is no valid internet mail address --H.E]:

> Try this out:
> 	$ echo > foo '
> 	> garbage
> 	> ...
> 	> ...
> 	> ...
> 	> ...
> 	> '
> 	$
> 
> Then cat foo. This is a wierd bug but could be used instead of:
> 	cat << ! > foo
> 	garbage
> 	...
> 	...
> 	...
> 	...
> 	!
> 
> A user friendly bug !!!

What do you mean is a bug here?  This behaves perfecly normal to me, and of
course the two methods produce different results.

$ echo > foo '
> bar
> and
> grill
> '
$ cat foo    

bar
and
grill

$ cat << ! > foo
> bar
> and
> grill
> !
$ cat foo
bar
and
grill
$ 


--Harald E