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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: detect pipe
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 13:28:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH+w=7asL4fUDVRB=BomorhjjBFSJmkJzotJ9=42NMaqxBQUag@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <67aead03-866a-996a-7a8f-5bda77154655@eastlink.ca>

On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 11:12 AM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca> wrote:
>
> Because it keeps 'tabs' from being fed arguments that it doesn't want,
> and zsh is then smart enough to sent those args on to the next  command :-)

Well, not arguments, but standard input from the pipe (or wherever).
This doesn't really have anything to do with zsh, it's how file
descriptors work at the OS level.  Zsh is just providing you a tool to
make use of that.


  reply	other threads:[~2021-01-31 21:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-27 16:45 Ray Andrews
2021-01-27 23:59 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-01-28  4:57   ` Ray Andrews
2021-01-28  6:16     ` Bart Schaefer
2021-01-28 10:08     ` Vincent Lefevre
2021-01-28 10:28       ` Vincent Lefevre
2021-01-28 15:05         ` Ray Andrews
2021-01-28 15:45           ` Ray Andrews
2021-01-28 20:58             ` Bart Schaefer
2021-01-28 20:59               ` Bart Schaefer
2021-01-29  1:17               ` Ray Andrews
2021-01-29  2:50                 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-01-29  3:21                   ` Ray Andrews
2021-01-30  0:29                     ` Bart Schaefer
2021-01-30 14:26                       ` Ray Andrews
2021-01-30 19:00                         ` Bart Schaefer
2021-01-30 19:19                           ` Ray Andrews
2021-01-31 19:12                             ` Ray Andrews
2021-01-31 21:28                               ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2021-02-14 17:31                           ` Vincent Lefevre
2021-02-14 19:33                             ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-14 20:33                               ` Ray Andrews
2021-02-14 21:20                                 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-14 22:25                                   ` Ray Andrews
2021-02-14 21:24                                 ` Vincent Lefevre
2021-02-14 21:19                               ` Vincent Lefevre
2021-02-14 21:24                                 ` Bart Schaefer
2021-02-14 21:38                                 ` Bart Schaefer

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