From 6adc14a0d4e4a25eb2df8110672c84f393b45acb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stéphane Aulery Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 10:03:06 +0100 Subject: man: Clarify two redirection mechanisms Close Debian Bug #501566 Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu --- src/dash.1 | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/dash.1 b/src/dash.1 index d782882..693c970 100644 --- a/src/dash.1 +++ b/src/dash.1 @@ -402,11 +402,13 @@ 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 -Duplicate standard input (or n1) from file descriptor n2. +Copy file descriptor n2 as stdout (or fd n1). +fd n2. .It [n] Ns \*[Lt]&- Close standard input (or n). .It [n1] Ns \*[Gt]& Ns n2 -Duplicate standard output (or n1) to n2. +Copy file descriptor n2 as stdin (or fd n1). +fd n2. .It [n] Ns \*[Gt]&- Close standard output (or n). .It [n] Ns \*[Lt]\*[Gt] file -- cgit 1.4.1