Reference: exec
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T21:58:44Z

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| Chapter 4 The Bourne Shell and Korn Shell |

## exec

    exec [command]

Execute `command` in place of the current process (instead of creating a new process). exec is also useful for opening, closing, or copying file descriptors.

### Examples

>     trap 'exec 2>&-' 0	Close standard error when
>     	shell script exits (signal 0).
>     $ exec /bin/csh	Replace Bourne shell with C shell.
>     $ exec < infile	Reassign standard input to infile.

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