Thank you Paul, Andreas and Kevin.
Both the here document solution and the Process substitution solution both
work well. I haven't had a good look to see the subtle differences between
the two yet.
Thank you again.
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Paul Jarc wrote:
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> Can you explain what was unsatisfactory about the alternatives given
> in the FAQ, so we have a better idea of what would be acceptable?
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> Here's one possibility:
> ... | { while ...; do var=...; done; use "$var"; }
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Thanks for the reply, and a possible solution
