Re: read doesn't work with piped stdin

> Description: > read silently fails when stdin is piped to it. -u switch does not > help. > Redirection works fine. > This and your other bug result from the fact that the commands in the pipe run in subshells. echo foo | read # doesn't work because a subshell cannot modify the pa

Re: read doesn't work with piped stdin

Blaine Simpson wrote: > read silently fails when stdin is piped to it. -u switch does > not help. Redirection works fine. Same as the other problem with exit in a pipeline. Pipelines operate in subshells. Environment variables are local to the process. Please see question E4 in the bash

read doesn't work with piped stdin

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