On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:46:05 +0100 Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I could not get this to work, the shell complains: > > ./dirvish-mail.sh: 98: Syntax error: redirection unexpected >
Interesting to note that this does not work under busybox. I think this is rather an esoteric but often useful bash feature. (It also needs /proc so is not available in some special cases.) > The other solution from Alex: > > >> echo "$teststring" | ( read A B C D E F; ) > > Of course, both solutions work perfectly under bash. > This should not have worked under bash either since it is still running in a sub-shell, so the variables are lost when read finishes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
