Redirection

Redirection to a file should have a single space after the operator before the file. If the file contains a variable, it should be quoted. File descriptor alterations should have no whitespace. All redirections should occur at the end of the line. Do not quote static paths unless they contain special characters (~!#$*();`'"<>?\).
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exec 3<&1
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echo 123 > somefile
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echo 456 >> somefile
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echo abc > "$file"
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echo def >> "$file"
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kill -1 "$pid" > /dev/null 2>&1
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Here document redirections should appear at the end of the line.
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cat >> file <<EOF
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Added to file
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EOF
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if some condition; then
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    cat >> file <<-EOF
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    Added to file
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    EOF
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fi
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