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- Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
- Path: sparky!uunet!crowfix!crowfix!felix
- From: felix@crowfix.com (Felix Finch)
- Subject: Re: bash 1.12.1 question
- Organization: Scarecrow Repair, Dutch Flat.
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 21:33:28 GMT
- Message-ID: <FELIX.92Nov15133321@crowfix.com>
- In-Reply-To: sacks@netmgr.mot.com's message of Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:50:52 GMT
- References: <1992Nov11.205052.6857@panther.mot.com>
- Sender: felix@crowfix.com (Felix Finch)
- Lines: 18
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- >>>>> In article <1992Nov11.205052.6857@panther.mot.com>, sacks@netmgr.mot.com (Dennis Sacks) writes:
- > Nntp-Posting-Host: netmgr.panther.mot.com
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- > In bash 1.12.1 (SunOS 4.1.2/sparc) can someone explain this behavior:
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- > ls -a | head -5 works as expected
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- > ls -l | head -5 works as expected
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- > ls -la | head -5 works, but then gives "Broken Pipe" message after execution
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- Could it be that the directory has so few entries (<=5) that the head
- command never shuts down the -a or -l pipe, but -al produces 7 lines
- and the pipes cuts off after 5?
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