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+The magic translator provides /dev/fd.
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+ $ showtrans /dev/fd
+ /hurd/magic --directory fd
+
+The /dev/fd directory holds the open file descriptors for your current process. You can't see them with \`ls -l /dev/fd/' but you can see them individually like this:
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+ $ ls -l /dev/fd/0
+ crw--w---- 1 bing tty 0, 0 Nov 19 18:00 /dev/fd/0
+
+-- [[Main/BenAsselstine]] - 19 Nov 2006