I want to learn to use the shell and was wondering why this didn't do as expected

Michael Havens plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:25:26 -0700

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On Thursday 20 February 2003 01:07 pm, Eric Andresen wrote:
> Try: cat mypasswd |sort

Why did my version (sort mypasswd >mypasswd |cat mypasswd) erase it?
--=20
:-)~Mike~(-:

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