[mdlug] UNIX tips: Learn 10 good UNIX usage habits

[Raymond McLaughlin]

Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Raymond McLaughlin wrote:

>> In this vein, this command:
>>   w3m mdlug.org/contacts/president/scripts+scraps/home/.bashrc
>> will send the file to standard output, but
>>   w3m mdlug.org/contacts/president/scripts+scraps/home/.bashrc |source -
>> will not source this stdout.
> 
> Can source actually accept input on stdin?

Maybe not.

> (file redirection ( < ) and piped data both show up on stdin).

Unless they are redirected, or piped, to anothe command. But source
doesn't seem to work that way.