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Old 09-14-2007
newbie need help on cat

1. what do the following commands do (give logic and concise description)
a. cat 1> file-A 2> file-B 0< file-C
b. cat 2> file-B 0< file-C 1> file-A
c. cat 1> file-A 0< file-C 2>&1
d. cat 0<file-C | sort 1> file-A 2> /dev/null
e. cat 2> file-B 0< file-C | sort 1> file-A 2> /dev/null
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Old 09-15-2007
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