During code review of some patches, it was noted that redirection operators
should have space before, but no space after them.
Signed-off-by: Tim Henigan <tim.henigan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index 4830086..a4ffe7c 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ For shell scripts specifically (not exhaustive):
- Case arms are indented at the same depth as case and esac lines.
+ - Redirection operators should be written with space before, but
+ no space after them. For example:
+ 'echo test >$file' is preferred over
+ 'echo test > $file'
+
- We prefer $( ... ) for command substitution; unlike ``, it
properly nests. It should have been the way Bourne spelled
it from day one, but unfortunately isn't.
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1.7.9.1
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