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Does not work: 2>&1 (echo hello)
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Chet Ramey |
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Does not work: 2>&1 (echo hello) |
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Date: |
Thu, 22 May 2003 08:55:58 -0400 |
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Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030422 |
>Machine Type: sparc-sun-solaris2.6
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>Bash Version: 2.01
>Patch Level: 1
>Release Status: release
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>Description: A construct such as
> 2>&1 (echo hello)
> works for Borne and Korn shell but fails for bash
> reducing shell script portability.
> Problem exists for 2.05 also on Solaris/Linux.
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>Repeat-By: bash$ 2>&1 (echo hello)
> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `(e'
The answer to this is in the Bash FAQ, question F5.
Chet