(or "In dash, ... are not supported." when using dash)

# Open FD #10 for writing
exec 10> file

Either rewrite the script to only use FDs in the valid range, or switch to a shell that allows a larger range like bash or ksh.

The shell grammar is only required to recognize a single digit before redirections to set the file descriptor, which limits the portable range to 0-9.

None.

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