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Re: /dev/tty does not work from shell


On 02/09/2015 01:38 PM, Thomas Wolff wrote:

>> bash prints that message when it has the noclobber-option set. Maybe
>> you check it?
> Yes, indeed, the effect shows up after set -o noclobber;
> however, this shouldnât apply to device files (and doesnât on other
> systems) -
> man bash: âredirection will fail if the file ... is a regular file.â

Huh. I can reproduce it, even with the new experimental bash 4.3.  I'll
see if I can find the bug in the sources.

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