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Re: problem with builtin 'read' and standard input


From: Enrique Perez-Terron
Subject: Re: problem with builtin 'read' and standard input
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:56:04 +0200

On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 17:22, Paul Jarc wrote:
> Enrique Perez-Terron <enrio@online.no> wrote:
> >   < <(some-process) while read var
> >   do
> >     if some-test
> >     then
> >       found=true
> >       break
> >     fi
> >   done
> 
> The redirection must go after "done".  It's a syntax error to put it
> before a compound command.
> 

Ooops, thanks!

I believe I used to do it this way in the past (around 1994), perhaps
this has changed. Anyway, 

  while...; do
    ... 
  done < <(some-process)

is fine with me.

Regards,
Enrique





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