In article <mailman.17846.1358543463.855.bug-b...@gnu.org>, Dan Douglas wrote: > It isn't very common to dump multiple streams into one pipe.
echo "n't very" >/dev/null 2>&1 > I suggest avoiding |&. Personally I wouldn't use it in scripts, since I try to stick as close to plain vanilla Bourne shell as possible (though that's not as much of a consideration these days as it used to be). But for interactive use it's one of the greatest shell time- and effort-savers I know of, and I'm very happy to hear it's made its way into bash. I wouldn't suggest avoiding it unless you like carpal tunnel. - John
