Question about GETOPT(3)

Keith Gabryelski ag at amix.commodore.com
Thu Nov 23 05:07:04 AEST 1989


>> 	command >&1
>(and	command && command)
>
>> does not break '&' normal use because it is used in the twople '>&'
>
>So &1 would be a similar dipthong, with no white space allowed.

but

	command1&command2

is currently valid syntax in the bourne shell.  Should we break this
because some people can't put

	S=/dev/stdin;export S

in their .profile?
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