Subject: BUG? read and pipe
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9 Apr 1998 02:49:19 -0700
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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?

  Kjeld Flarup

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