On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 03:56:26PM +0000, Brad Beyenhof wrote:

> If only we could get bash to return everything as an object
> rather than needing to mangle lots of text-based program output
> with awk or Perl!

Your wish was granted in 1998. Everything that's new is old.

    UNIX shell objects
    Christopher A. Jones
    ISBN 0-7645-7004-8
    http://www.amazon.com/dp/0764570048

Fascinating read. Highly recommended.

HTH,
-- 
Charles Polisher

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