Re: What code make both `cat < /tmp/1.txt` and `< /tmp/1.txt cat` valid?

[Greg Wooledge]

On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 01:25:37PM +0200, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote:
> there are different layers of affective command parts
> > and < redirs are *coded* to be available everywhere nearly on the cmdline
> so
> .. ?

Redirections (of any kind) may appear anywhere in a simple command.

Redirections (of any kind) may only appear at the END of a compound command.

Simple command examples:

printf '%s\n' "$message" >&2
printf >&2 '%s\n' "$message"
> biglogfile

Compound command example:

while read -r line; do
  process "$line"
done < <(grep foo "$logfile")