On November 18, 2023, Greg Wooledge wrote: >On Sat, Nov 18, 2023 at 08:36:06AM -0500, dbarrett--- via Bug reports for the >GNU Bourne Again SHell wrote: >> echo foo | tee >(xclip -i) | tr o x >> >> The command does print "fxx" but then it hangs. >> >> The same command behaves correctly when run in zsh. > [...] >I can confirm that the stdout of xclip is indeed attached >to the stdin of tr, via pipe:[29847034]. Therefore, as a workaround, >I would suggest: > >unicorn:~$ echo foo | tee >(xclip -i >/dev/null) | tr o x
Wow, Greg, thank you so much for taking the time to write your rapid and super-informative reply! If it's helpful, here's another interesting piece of the puzzle: the "xsel -i" command (which also copies stdin to the X primary selection, like "xclip -i" does) works fine in the original pipeline, without needing the redirect to /dev/null: $ echo foo | tee >(xsel -i) | tr o x fxx -- Dan Barrett dbarr...@blazemonger.com
