On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 08:49:42AM +0100, mick crane wrote:
> On 2021-06-23 08:22, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:

[...]

> >Perhaps more readable in the symmetrical variant
> >
> >  diff -u <(ls dir1) <(ls dir2)
> >
> >Very handy.
> >
> does not the excellent guide also say not to try to do anything with
> the output of "ls" ?

It was just intended as a minimal example. I wouldn't bury the
above deep in a script working quietly in some machine room,
definitely not.

But then, I'd consider it twice to use a bashism down there; in
the quick command line, where you can deal with the fallout should
things move, it seems OK.

So I'd say "it depends" :)

Cheers
 - t

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