Re: React to File changes

[Seth Arnold <sarnold@willamette.edu>]

* William C. Allen <allenwc@home.com> [010213 11:56]:
> $cat temp > some_file
> gives me the expected result
> 
> however, if I try . . .
> $ cat temp | some_file
> sh: some_file: cannot execute - Permission denied
> $ls -l some_file
> prwxr-xr-x  1 allenwc  1000  0 Feb 13 10:54 some_file

One does not really want to execute a named pipe. Your shell tries to
execute 'some_file' when you pipe output from another program through
it. Use the > form. :)

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