On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 06:12:13PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> (for i in file[12] ; do cat "$i" > /dev/stdout ; done) > both
>
> > $ cat both
> > second
>
> Because the >/dev/stdout truncates the output. It writes the first.
> Then the second one truncates the file and then writes the second.
On 9/15/14, 8:14 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On HP-UX, /dev/stdout is NOT an actual file in the file system, so it
> is implemented by duplicating FD 1 within Bash.
>
> arc3:~$ uname -a
> Linux arc3 3.2.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.2.60-1+deb7u1 i686 GNU/Linux
> arc3:~$ for i in file[12]; do cat "$
