A more thorough explanation of redirections
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Description
The following is singularly unhelpful to a newbie:
https://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=exec+3%3C%260
I'd love to see that broken down into “ is redirected to that, is copied to the other, is the result of these copies for this particular command”, or similar!
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Open the linked explainshell URL for exec 3<&0 and inspect the current explanation of the redirection. Trace the entry point that produces this output, then define done as showing each redirection or copy step and the resulting state for this command.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python, shell
- Domain
- cli, documentation
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100