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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 00:00:19 +0100
From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
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Subject: ksh93-like seek feature
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With ksh93, it is possible to seek:

#!/bin/ksh93

rm -f tmpfile
exec 3<> tmpfile
echo foo >&3
exec 3>#((0))
cat <&3
rm -f tmpfile

which outputs "foo". Could such a feature be added to zsh?

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