Thanks for your reply. > It is not a bug in bash. it is just how it works.
I know, but did not find a gnu.bash.help newsgroup :$ > do this: > > result="" > while read line; do > extracteddata=`echo "$line" | sed -e 's/X/Y/'` result="$result > $extracteddata" > done < <(/usr/bin/output_generator) > /usr/bin/another_tool "$result" Nice... ;-) In real life even "/usr/bin/output_generator" is not only a call to one program, but a piped command consisting of three or four steps, which makes the whole thing unreadable again. But I guess I can create and use a function containing the "output_generator" chain... > BTW: I would use $() syntax instead of the backtic syntax; just easier > to see. Ok... Thanks and regards -stefan-
