I hate to assume your motives are bad-hearted, but I'm not sure if you're trolling or something?
On 01/17/24 07:00PM, 201009-suckl...@planhack.com wrote: > Use files. > > ./program-cli | ( > read -r > printf "%s\n" "$REPLY" > /tmp/a > ) > /tmp/b > fooify /tmp/a > barify /tmp/b > .... > To correct the above program: ``` ./program-cli | ( read -r printf "%s\n" "$REPLY" > /tmp/a cat ) > /tmp/b fooify /tmp/a barify /tmp/b ``` If you don't add `cat`, the body of the output is consumed by the dead subshell & you'd end up with nothing to barify, and that's a fact. but why add cat if you can barify right there? to further correct the above program, assuming barify reads from stdin: ``` ./program-cli | ( read -r printf "%s\n" "$REPLY" > /tmp/a barify ) > /tmp/b fooify /tmp/a ``` "Use files" - I will never forget this. Jeremy
