On 26 April 2013 12:38, Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 05:59:13PM -0400, Dave Reisner wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 08:54:33PM +0100, Sami Kerola wrote: >> > The '< <' syntax is bash 2.x trick, and <<< does the same job when bash >> > 3.x is in use. For some unknown reason my bash 4.2.45(2)-release became >> > allergic to old syntax today(?). >> >> I don't follow this. The syntax is <(commands), which is a process >> substitution. It creates a temporary file descriptor which can be >> redirected via <. It still very much works, and I don't expect this to >> break any time soon. It's likely more memory efficient since there's no >> need to expand the output in place -- it can just be read off of the >> file descriptor. >> >> I think you should figure out what's wrong with your shell instead of >> doing this. > > Sami? Hi Dave & Karel, Sorry, I have forgot to have look of this. It is best to drop the patch for now, as I am not sure why old syntax did not work for me expected way. -- Sami Kerola http://www.iki.fi/kerolasa/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html