Gerard Capes

I'll try to sort this as part of a lesson reorganization PR

Thanks for raising this. I think that the lesson's output should match what might be there, but the proposal feels clunky like the various OS-dependent caveats we have/had(?) throughout the...

Both man and help should be available in Bash on Linux. I'm not sure whether a short note to this effect would be appropriate to make this explicit, or whether...

Ok let's flip the explanation. I'll submit a PR.

No worries - thanks for the issue!

I've also had a few questions on this. The font could certainly make the distinction clearer. For programming, this is a useful font-selection criteria, along with slashed zeros to distinguish...

I think this is sufficiently a 'bug' that we should keep it open as a reminder to address it. http://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/fig/redirects-and-pipes.svg

Thanks for the issue - it's like an example of how to write an issue. One point, made clearly, with links to the material. Great job! I'd be in favour...

I really like this idea. It makes the script much more legible, which is an important take-home in itself, and the variable names have already been inferred in the comment.

There might be room for this somewhere (perhaps in extras) if the information was formatted differently like in markdown or a link to a webpage. I don't think it's accessible...