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Re: Opening a file for READing within script? (Last question today ;) )

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From: Phil Pennock <zsh-workers+phil.pennock@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Webb Sprague <webb.sprague@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Opening a file for READing within script? (Last question today ;) )
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:31:49 -0800
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On 2008-12-10 at 09:34 -0800, Webb Sprague wrote:
> I want to open a file given at the command line for reading by
> associating it with a file descriptor number and then running
> 
> read -u 4 HEADERLINE

exec 4< "$filename"
# do stuff, then close with:
exec 4<&-

(This is not special to zsh)

-Phil

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