On 5/21/16 5:16 PM, adonis papaderos wrote:
> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 42
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> When using redirections preceded by a word on builtins
> 'i.e. : {varname}<&1'
> the redirection persists to the current shell.
This is by design, and has been discussed previously. One such discussion
starts at http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2016-01/msg00156.html.
Maybe it should only do it when preceded by `exec', but it never has.
> Later using {varname}<&- does not close fd.
You don't precede it with an `exec', so it doesn't affect the current
shell. So-called `null' commands with redirections are executed in
subshells. This is where you need the `exec'.
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