Re: [Help-bash] redirection - stdout

[Pierre Gaston]

On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 9:40 AM, John Kearney <address@hidden> wrote:

#!/bin/bash
if ! [ -t 1 ]; then
   exec 3>&1

   exec 1>$(tty)
fi

doing this
1>&-
will close &3 as well.

it won't close 3 why would it? When you duplicate 1 you also close 1 anyway.

you can also use the standard /dev/tty , eg 1>/dev/tty