Re: [tlug] shell problem

[Stuart Luppescu <slu@example.com>]

Marjan Parsa wrote:
>> clever. simpler: diff <(man chattr) <(man chmod)
>>
>> what is the <(..) syntax referred to?
>
> You can find more details in the bash man page under "Process
> Substitution", but it's very useful when you want to run something and
> treat it's output as though it were a file.
Hey, thanks. That's just what I needed.

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