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authorMichael Teichgräber <mt4swm@googlemail.com>2009-09-13 18:26:51 -0400
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rc: implement and document <>{cmd} notation
http://codereview.appspot.com/105061
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cmp <{old} <{new}
.EE
.HP
+.BI <>{ command }
+.br
+The
+.I command
+is executed asynchronously with its standard input and
+output each connected to a pipe. The value of the argument
+is a pair of file names referring to the two other ends
+of the pipes, in the order corresponding to the symbols
+.B <
+and
+.B >
+(first the pipe connected to the command's standard output,
+then the pipe connected to its standard input).
+.HP
.IB argument ^ argument
.br
The