SC> 2015-07-01 22:19:10 +0300, Ilya Basin: >> Hi list. >> >> Want to read whole stdin into variable. >> Don't want to spawn new processes (cat). SC> [...]
SC> Note that SC> $(<file) does spawn a new process, it's just that bash doesn't SC> execute /bin/cat in that process, it does the reading (from SC> file) and writing (to the pipe) by itself (and the parent reads SC> from the other end of the pipe to make-up the substitution). Very informative, thanks. --
