Re: redirection back to tty problem

[Chris Elvidge]

On 27/02/2022 12:14, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote:
> well i forwarded your text to him
> in the end ppl in #bash helped me get it up, the my script
>
> cat cmdhelp
> #!/usr/bin/env -S bash
>
> # for to be sourced in .bashrc or such
>
> i=${SRANDOM:-$RANDOM}
>
> t=/tmp/.$i o2=$t.2
>
> trap '
> if [[ $BASH_COMMAND == *--help* ]] ; then
>   exec {fd1}>&1 {fd2}>&2 >"$o2" 2>&1
>   cmd=$BASH_COMMAND
>   printf %s\\n\\n "$cmd"
> fi' debug
>
> PROMPT_COMMAND='
> if [[ $cmd ]] ; then
>   exec >&$fd1 2>&$fd2
>   vim "$o2"
>   exec {fd1}>&- {fd2}>&-
>   cmd=
> fi
> '$PROMPT_COMMAND

Shouldn't you allow for '-h' as well as '--help'?

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Chris Elvidge
England