Re: [gnu.org #1838744] Bash Manual, 3.6.2 Redirecting Inputs, SUGGESTION

[Chet Ramey]

On 5/20/22 2:06 PM, Therese Godefroy via RT wrote:
> Hello Bash maintainers,
> 
> Here is a challenging ticket. The requester complains about the 
> association of "n" and "word" in "Redirecting Input" (image.png is a
> screenshot of this chapter with the examples emphasized):
> https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html#Redirecting-Input

You might tell him that this is standard usage, up to and including the
POSIX standard:

https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_07

I may change this sometime, but it's low priority.

Chet

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