Re: bash uses tmp files for inter-process communication instead of pipes?

[Chet Ramey]

On 10/6/14, 3:38 PM, Linda Walsh wrote:
> Greg Wooledge wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 12:14:57PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote:
>>>    done <<<"$(get_net_IFnames_hwaddrs)"
>>
>>> Where am I using a HERE doc?
>>
>> <<< and << both create temporary files.
> 
> 
> According to Chet , only way to do a multi-var assignment in bash is
> 
> read a b c d  <<<$(echo ${array[@]})
> 
> Forcing a simple assignment into using a tmp file seems Machiavellian --
> as it does exactly the thing the user is trying to avoid through
> unexpected means.

Don't mix a capability -- shorthand to provide arbitrary data on stdin
to the shell or a different process -- with your use of it.  You've
chosen to use this mechanism for assignment rather than something less
baroque, but that doesn't mean the capability is any less general.

Chet

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