From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ralph@inputplus.co.uk (Ralph Corderoy) Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:46:52 +0000 Subject: [TUHS] Dash options In-Reply-To: <20171128114939.GE10453@h-174-65.A328.priv.bahnhof.se> References: <201711280551.vAS5pDZt014974@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <20171128111801.C05F31F936@orac.inputplus.co.uk> <20171128114939.GE10453@h-174-65.A328.priv.bahnhof.se> Message-ID: <20171128124652.BD00F1F936@orac.inputplus.co.uk> Hi Michael, > Didn't early UNIX pipes use `<' to separate the commands involved? No, you're thinking of `^'. $ /usr/heirloom/bin/sh $ date ^ wc 1 4 30 $ ^D -- Cheers, Ralph. https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy