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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: cat foo* > foo.bar causes infinite loop
Date: 23 Nov 1996 22:36:41 -0000
Organization: Coverform Ltd.
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In article <xmk7mngxuh8.fsf@xp11.frmug.org>,
charnier@xp11.frmug.org (Ph. Charnier) writes:
: # cat /tmp/a* | (sleep 2 ; cat) > /tmp/a3
You mean
# cat /tmp/a* | (sleep 2 ; cat > /tmp/a3)
I take it your point is to make sure that the a* is expanded two seconds
before a3 is created.
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Brian <brian%anorak.coverform.lan@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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