Weird shell bug could be useful

[Tom Christiansen]

>From the keyboard of root at tndsyd.oz (the main man):
:Try this out:
:	$ echo > foo '
:	> garbage
:	> ...
:	> ...
:	> ...
:	> ...
:	> '
:	$
:
:Then cat foo. This is a wierd bug but could be used instead of:
:	cat << ! > foo
:	garbage
:	...
:	...
:	...
:	...
:	!

That's not a bug -- it's a feature.  That the csh doesn't do 
the right thing here is its problem; real shells are defined to 
behave in just this way.  If it ever stops working, complain.

--tom
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