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Date:      Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:19:04 -0700
From:      Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net>
To:        Emanuel Strobl <Emanuel.strobl@gmx.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: shell usage (syntax) question
Message-ID:  <6.2.3.4.2.20050827131701.05aca170@cobalt.antimatter.net>
In-Reply-To: <200508271525.37192@harrymail>
References:  <200508271525.37192@harrymail>

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At 06:25 AM 8/27/2005, Emanuel Strobl wrote:
>Hello,
>
>how can I delimit a program parameter from a shell instruction?
>Example: I want to tell the shell that stderr should be redirected to
>file /tmp/test, not cpio to use /file/test:
>
># /usr/bin/cpio -idmuv < /dev/ad0h 2> /tmp/test

In sh try:

/usr/bin/cpio -idmuv 2> /etc/test < /dev/ad0h

-Glenn


>This doesn't work, I guess cpio grabs the ">". How can I write it that the
>shell sees the ">"? (sh, but also interesting for csh)
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
>-Harry
>




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