On Sat, 9 Jan 2010 14:56:02 +0000 Matthew Szudzik <mszud...@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 09, 2010 at 12:43:05AM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > If I use redirection rather than piping for input to the `while` > > loop, it is not a separate process, and works like the 'for' loop. > > I have seen some Unix systems where this doesn't work, either. See > > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.programmer/browse_thread/thread/20872c6fe79dd153/f3a4f184d0c6a718 Reminds me of this: "It is easier to port a shell than a shell script." -- Larry Wall :-) -- J.C. Roberts
