Re: Error in manual for >&word redirection

[Stephane CHAZELAS]

2011-10-12, 14:39(-06), Eric Blake:
> On 10/12/2011 02:07 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>> Even using a space is not sufficient to force a valid file descriptor number
>> to be treated as a filename:
>>
>> imadev:~$ foo>&  1
>> stdout
>> stderr
>> imadev:~$ ls -l 1
>> 1 not found
>
> If you want 'word' treated as a filename, then express it as a filename. 
>   It's still possible to write to a file named '1':
>
> foo >&./1

Or

foo >&! 1

or

foo &> 1

or

foo > 1 2>&1

-- 
Stephane