Wierd shell bug could be useful

the main man root at tndsyd.oz
Thu Jan 31 14:55:05 AEST 1991


Try this out:
	$ echo > foo '
	> garbage
	> ...
	> ...
	> ...
	> ...
	> '
	$

Then cat foo. This is a wierd bug but could be used instead of:
	cat << ! > foo
	garbage
	...
	...
	...
	...
	!

A user friendly bug !!!



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