From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: JD Ballard <i.am.qix@gmail.com>
Cc: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: Maximum of 9 file descriptors
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:49:29 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH+w=7ZDEW6hpb0h6FvOAT3KDbtw0h9CGq=YK-meVK36o=GMmw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADYt08Yf2QWcZ--Uh4qKVGE8xE4L0tDYne76dBjOtPYWwKh1oQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 10:47 AM, JD Ballard <i.am.qix@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a reason why file descriptors are maxed out at 9?
It's not a descriptor limitation, it's a syntax limitation. The syntax for
">" permits only a single digit to the left.
You can work around it this way:
$ fd=10
$ cat {fd}>/tmp/foo
Although FDs 10,11,12 tend to be used a lot by the shell internally.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-07-23 22:49 UTC|newest]
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2015-07-23 17:47 JD Ballard
2015-07-23 22:49 ` Bart Schaefer [this message]
2015-07-24 22:40 ` Vincent Lefevre
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