[cs631apue] question about pipeline 4

[Sen Jiang]

Okay, sounds like user would expect to put the output into nothing.
Can I treat it the same as cmd1 > /dev/null ?
On Dec 17, 2014 1:19 AM, "Jan Schaumann" <jschauma at stevens.edu> wrote:

> Sen Jiang <sjiang11 at stevens.edu> wrote:
> > I'm currently treating this as a valid command same as cmd1.
> > Do I have to change it?
>
> "Run cmd1 and put the output into this following command with is
> nothing" is not the same as "run cmd1 and put the output to stdout".
>
> As a user, would you expect "cmd1 |" to be the same as "cmd1"?  I
> wouldn't.
>
> -Jan
>
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