Andreas Schwab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Jarc) writes: >> while ...; do var=...; done <<EOT >> $(generate-input-for-while) >> EOT >> use "$var" > > This has the disadvantage that generator and consumer no longer run > concurrently. Process substitution does not have this problem.
True. The here-document with command substitution also removes any trailing newlines from the output, then adds back just one newline. But it is more portable to other shells. paul _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
