Oddity In stty
- From: "David L. Craig" <dlc@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:35:17 -0400
I can't figure this out. Why does the first pipeline suceed but the second fails?
I'm running an up-to-date Sid.
dlc@muse:~$ fold -w `stty -a | head -1 | awk '{print $7}' | tr -d ';'` < /dev/null
dlc@muse:~$ cat /dev/null | fold -w `stty -a | head -1 | awk '{print $7}' | tr -d ';'`
stty: standard input: Invalid argument
fold: option requires an argument -- w
Try `fold --help' for more information.
dlc@muse:~$
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