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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug
Subject: $10, 10> and >&10
Message-ID: <3403@solo12.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 27 Sep 89 21:40:13 GMT
Distribution: gnu
Organization: V.U. Informatica, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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In the classic Bourne shell we get:

	$ exec 10> aap
	10: not found
	$ cat aap
	cat: input aap is output
	$ exec > /dev/tty
	$ cat aap >&10
	10: bad file number
	$ set a b c d e f g h i j k
	$ echo $#
	11
	$ echo $10
	a0
	$ 

I expect bash to have these fixed.
I.e. don't look for a DIGIT, but a NUMBER.
The days of less than 10 file descriptors are long over.
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