Questions

1:Which file descriptors are associated with STDOUT, STDERR and STDIN?
2:Use printf to convert the numbers 16, 255, and 65535 into hexadecimal and octal.
3:Given the following script: 
exec 4>out.txt
exec 5>&4
exec 1>&5
date

Where does the output from date end up?

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