From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Jul 23 23:55:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA01114 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 23:55:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA01109 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 23:55:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from kargl@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.8.8/8.8.5) id XAA06551; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 23:57:06 -0700 (PDT) From: "Steven G. Kargl" Message-Id: <199807240657.XAA06551@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: bin/7368: Added options to /usr/bin/time In-Reply-To: from Peter Hawkins at "Jul 24, 98 12:40:26 pm" To: peter@clari.net.au (Peter Hawkins) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 23:57:06 -0700 (PDT) Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL40 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org According to Peter Hawkins: > > How does one redirect via a shell the output of /usr/bin/time > > without redirecting the output from the command that is being > > timed. The answer is you can't, and is the motivation for the new > > Want a bet? > > time 2>/dev/tty ls > t > > Peter > Yeah. sure. troutmask:kargl[203] time 2>/dev/tty ls > t Ambiguous output redirect. -- Steve finger kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu http://troutmask.apl.washington.edu/~clesceri/kargl.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message