On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:15:38AM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Monday 30 November 2009 06:12:35 Gerard wrote: > > I need to know if " $(< " also works on Bash < 4. > > it's been around for pretty much all time. bash-2 had it for sure, and that > is ancient.
It doesn't exist in bash 1.14.7, which is the oldest version I have available. It does exist in 2.04, which is the second oldest I have.