From: chet@nike.ins.cwru.edu (Chet Ramey) Subject: Re: BUG? read and pipe 9 Apr 1998 21:26:30 -0700 Message-ID: <980409145932.AA07604.SM.cygnus.gnu-win32@nike.ins.cwru.edu> References: Reply-To: chet@po.cwru.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Kjeld.F.Christensen@dxd.ericsson.se Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com, chet@po.cwru.edu > I have a problem combining the read command and a pipe in bash > > bash.exe-2.01$ echo ffff | read ddd > bash.exe-2.01$ echo $ddd > > bash.exe-2.01$ echo ffff > e > bash.exe-2.01$ read dd < e > bash.exe-2.01$ echo $dd > ffff > > Is this a bug or what? No. Read the Bash FAQ, question 28. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University Internet: chet@po.CWRU.Edu - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".