Re: Bash "read" command seems to ignore piped input

[Adolf Markl]

> echo "12 34 56" | read A B C
> echo $C $B $A
> expected return "56 34 12"
> actually returns nothing

But: 
    echo "12 34 56" | ( read A B C; echo $C $B $A )
gives the expected return "56 34 12"

Even more:
    D=$(echo "12 34 56" | ( read A B C; echo $C $B $A )); echo $D
gives the expected return "56 34 12"

(BASH_VERSION='2.05b.0(3)-release')

Adolf Markl