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Re: problem with builtin 'read' and standard input
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: problem with builtin 'read' and standard input |
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Tue, 27 Jul 2004 08:49:28 -0400 |
> I'm trying to redirect data to the builtin 'read'. I've no idea what's
> going wrong!
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> I believe this command
> echo "hello" | read myvar
> should put "hello" into $myvar. But $myvar is blank after execution.
Please read the Bash FAQ, question E4.
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