But the command got executed, and it gave the status of apache on /dev/pts/1 terminal. On Wed, 2009-09-16 at 11:18 +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 03:06:09PM -0400, devi wrote: > > Hi, > > The command > > echo "service httpd status " > /dev/pts/1 is executed on one terminal, > > let us assume it as t1. > > The echo command is executed on t1 but the output(service httpd status" > > is directed to /dev/pts/1 terminal. > > > > What I am saying is that the output is redirected directly to the > > terminal /dev/pts1/1. > > The output here is "service httpd status", which is generally a command. > > And so it gets executed. > > No, the text just appears in the terminal associated with /dev/pts1/1; > it does not not cause the command to be executed. That is to say, > you can't use this as a mechanism to insert characters into a another > terminal's input buffer. > > -- > Red sky at night - gerroff my land! > Red sky at morning - gerroff my land! > -- old farmers' sayings #14 > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
