On Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 02:59:14PM -0400, Dale R. Worley wrote: > The "{var}>..." mechanism *assigns* to $var, rather than > taking its existing value.
... oh. Well, today I learned something. Excuse me now, while I go and close several open FDs in the shell where I tested something the other day, which I had no idea were left open.