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Re: read doesn't handle pipes


From: Jehsom
Subject: Re: read doesn't handle pipes
Date: 14 Nov 2000 15:08:20 GMT
User-agent: tin/1.4.4-20000803 ("Vet for the Insane") (UNIX) (Linux/2.2.17 (i686))

bero@redhat.com wrote:
>       [bero@zell bero]$ test=""
>       [bero@zell bero]$ echo "Linux now" |read test
>       [bero@zell bero]$ echo $test
>       
>       [bero@zell bero]$

This is expected behavior, as commands in a pipeline execute in subshells.

Moshe

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