On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 12:55:42PM -0600, Jacob Yocom-Piatt wrote: > print "testing" | read testread
This is a known problem with pdksh that the developers have stated they don't plan to change. `read' only updates the value of `testread' in the child shell process, not the parent. E.g., ``print "testing" | ( read testread; echo $testread )'' will work.
