The <(list) syntax replaces that with a named pipe. Fish provides a builtin
(well, written in fishscript, but part of the standard distribution) called
psub.
function cmpdir; comm (ls $argv[1]|sort|psub) (ls $argv[2]|sort|psub); end
-Kevin
On Jul 18, 2012, at 5:22 AM, Steven Hum <sdot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In POSIX sh you can define the following
>
> cmpdir () { comm <(/bin/ls $1|sort) <(/bin/ls $2|sort); }
>
> but fish interprets the parentheses differently so the redirection fails e.g.
>
> function cmpdir; comm <(ls $argv[1]|sort) <(ls $argv[2]|sort); end
>
> is not legal.
>
> Is there a way of making this sort of command output redirect work in
> fish?
>
> Thanks!
> Steven
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