Am 15.07.2010 10:35, schrieb Andreas Schwab:
"Dr. Werner Fink"<wer...@suse.de> writes:a=$((/bin/cat|wc -l)<<EOF a b EOF )Useless subshell. a=$({ /bin/cat | wc -l; }<<EOF a b EOF )
...and useless cat: a=$(wc -l <<EOF a b EOF )Nevertheless, IMHO the OP's version should work. It works in ksh, for example.
Bernd -- Bernd Eggink http://sudrala.de
