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[john doe]

04.04.2020, 14:44, "Wolfgang Laun" <address@hidden>:
> awk can read from standard input - that's what it was designed for.

Well, awk certainly can but you for sure cannot:

>>> So, if I want to avoid pipes, and need just one self-containing script to 
>>> be called (and also don't want to spawn any excessive processes), the 
>>> solution to that problem would be..?

>> I actually need the script to process the curl's output, so it's either 
>> system() or getline, as far as I understand?


Thanks for you interest anyway.


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JD