Re: |& in bash?

[John Caruso]

In article <mailman.17846.1358543463.855.bug-bash@gnu.org>, Dan Douglas wrote:
> It isn't very common to dump multiple streams into one pipe.

echo "n't very"  >/dev/null 2>&1

> I suggest avoiding |&.

Personally I wouldn't use it in scripts, since I try to stick as close
to plain vanilla Bourne shell as possible (though that's not as much of
a consideration these days as it used to be).  But for interactive use
it's one of the greatest shell time- and effort-savers I know of, and
I'm very happy to hear it's made its way into bash.  I wouldn't suggest
avoiding it unless you like carpal tunnel.

- John