GNU bug report logs - #63780
Reversing the grep message output type matching binary files (without the -a option added) changed from stdout to stderr

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Package: grep;

Reported by: "2773414454" <2773414454 <at> qq.com>

Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 04:56:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Paul Jackson" <pj <at> usa.net>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63780: Reversing the grep message output type matching binary
 files (without the -a option added) changed from stdout to stderr
Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 17:37:24 -0500

That "2> >(...)" syntax forprocess substition off the explicitly specified file
descriptor 2 output surprised me.

Only now, thanks to this example, do I realize that this usage is implied
in the two zshmisc(1) REDIRECTION section sentences beginning with:

>> If one of the above is preceded by a digit  ...

and 

>> The various forms of process substitution ... are often used together with redirection ...

Once again, as I have known for nearly a half century, man pages are sometimes
written to only be understood by those who already know what they are reading..

-- 
                Paul Jackson
                pj <at> usa.net
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