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From: Forest <forestix@sonic.net>
To: dash@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] man page: redirection operators: fix swapped stdin/stdout
Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 16:02:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <hpl58htt4cqjtgkt4lvqus3fpc8jc5fdls@4ax.com> (raw)

The Redirections section incorrectly claimed that <& replaces stdout
and >& replaces stdin. Swapped them to make it read correctly.

Ref:
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_07_05

Both errors were followed by extra text that looked like remains of a
mostly-deleted sentence. Removed those.
---
 src/dash.1 | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dash.1 b/src/dash.1
index ff02237..113a4db 100644
--- a/src/dash.1
+++ b/src/dash.1
@@ -402,13 +402,11 @@ Append standard output (or n) to file.
 .It [n] Ns \*[Lt] file
 Redirect standard input (or n) from file.
 .It [n1] Ns \*[Lt]& Ns n2
-Copy file descriptor n2 as stdout (or fd n1).
-fd n2.
+Copy file descriptor n2 as stdin (or fd n1).
 .It [n] Ns \*[Lt]&-
 Close standard input (or n).
 .It [n1] Ns \*[Gt]& Ns n2
-Copy file descriptor n2 as stdin (or fd n1).
-fd n2.
+Copy file descriptor n2 as stdout (or fd n1).
 .It [n] Ns \*[Gt]&-
 Close standard output (or n).
 .It [n] Ns \*[Lt]\*[Gt] file
-- 

             reply	other threads:[~2022-05-16 23:12 UTC|newest]

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2022-05-16 23:02 Forest [this message]
2024-04-06  6:23 ` [PATCH] man page: redirection operators: fix swapped stdin/stdout Herbert Xu

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