Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!faline!thumper!ulysses!gamma!mibte!ccd700!fmeed1!wehr From: wehr@fmeed1.UUCP (Bruce Wehr) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: what's the use of "{ list }" in /bin/sh? Summary: makes re-direction of a batch of commands easier Message-ID: <409@fmeed1.UUCP> Date: 6 Jul 88 18:32:10 GMT References: <23590@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> Organization: Ford EED, Dearborn Michigan Lines: 22 In article <23590@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>, mkhaw@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Mike Khaw) writes: > "man sh" (on ultrix) says: > { list } > The list is simply executed > Under what circumstances is this useful (i.e., why whould one want to > put braces around a list of commands)? { echo "This is an example of how" echo "one can use the { list } " echo "construct to re-direct the" echo "output of several commands." date who } >$HOME/test.log { echo "I hope these"; echo "examples are useful."; date; } 2>&1 | my.prog -- Bruce Wehr ...!uunet!umix!teemc!fmeed1!wehr Ford Motor Company - Electrical and Electronics Division 17000 Rotunda Drive, DPTC Room LN081, Dearborn, Michigan 48121 (313)845-3039