X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <22846690.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 05:25:53 -0700 (PDT) From: sudhap85 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cygwin commands (cat,grep) not working in my windows 2008 machine In-Reply-To: <49D4A690.4030803@byu.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <22842028 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> <5E25AF06EFB9EA4A87C19BC98F5C875302F66374 AT core-email DOT int DOT ascribe DOT com> <22846005 DOT post AT talk DOT nabble DOT com> <49D4A690 DOT 4030803 AT byu DOT net> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com hi, The same test got passed with cygwin 5.2 in windows 2003. Eric Blake wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to sudhap85 on 4/2/2009 5:45 AM: >> Hi, >> what i means the problem here is that function is not working for >> me. >> (i.e) if i run cat > file1 >>file2. Here file1 content is not copied to >> file2. > > This is not cygwin specific. Nor is it how the shell works. If you want > output to go to two places, you need to use tee, not multiple redirection > operators. > > tee file2 < file1 >> file3 > > copies file1 into file2 (overwrite) and file3 (append). You probably want > to read a good shell tutorial book. > > - -- > Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! > > Eric Blake ebb9 AT byu DOT net > volunteer cygwin coreutils maintainer > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) > Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAknUppAACgkQ84KuGfSFAYD8DwCeImC/gLouWFsuuwCMaVYPhVBl > de0AnRneVc9D4xhQZcSCM4AJIyrZcXMt > =edno > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/cygwin-commands-%28cat%2Cgrep%29-not-working-in-my-windows-2008-machine-tp22842028p22846690.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/