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author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2007-10-20 13:53:45 +0200 |
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committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2007-10-20 13:53:45 +0200 |
commit | a34bea4976bae29b1519bc2852fb87f64a1295cf (patch) | |
tree | f96649724ff6cf5f999bb8989dd2dde3ad6a1fbd /doc | |
parent | 4319cbc0a131a63c7f1adbc21c617e767d525b12 (diff) | |
download | coreutils-a34bea4976bae29b1519bc2852fb87f64a1295cf.tar.xz |
* doc/coreutils.texi: Add a cross-reference to bashref's Process Substitution node.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index c729b2265..aa25fcd08 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -11085,9 +11085,12 @@ but also to a pipe running @command{sha1sum} and saving the final checksum in a file named @file{dvd.sha1}. Note, however, that this example relies on a feature of modern shells -called process substitution (the @samp{>(command)} syntax, above), -so it works with e.g., @command{zsh}, @command{bash}, or @command{ksh}, -but not with a minimal @command{/bin/sh}. So if you use this technique +called @dfn{process substitution} +(the @samp{>(command)} syntax, above; +@xref{Process Substitution,,Process Substitution, bashref, +The Bash Reference Manual}.), +so it works with @command{zsh}, @command{bash}, and @command{ksh}, +but not with @command{/bin/sh}. So if you write code like this in a shell script, be sure to start the script with @samp{#!/bin/bash}. You can extend this example to make @command{tee} write to two processes, |