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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: 'Sh' question related to redirecting
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Date: Thu, 6-Jun-85 20:34:54 EDT
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> It appears that if you say:
> 
> 	program 2>&1 | program
> 
> then the standard error output of the first program is put into the
> pipeline to the second program.  This works with the Bourne Shell on 4.2
> from Sun.

It's a documented feature of "sh", so it damn well better work on Suns and
every other UNIX implementation in existence.

	Guy Harris