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Having trouble understanding this command: >foo<bar bc
Sometimes it works for me and sometimes I get this error:
syntax error on line 1, teletype
Basically I've got no idea whats going on, especially at the end of the command: bc

Any help is appreciated
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Old 11-05-2010
What it is, is just shell redirection, after the command instead of before.

Code:
# you can do it like this
cat <input >output
# or like this
<input >output cat

I think the 'syntax error' is actually an error inside bc, from an invalid command inside the 'bar' file.

bc is a calculator. Try echo 2 + 3 | bc Also see man bc
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