On Mon, 2006-10-09 at 13:12 +0100, Dave Mitchell wrote: > On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 12:43:22PM +0100, Dan Track wrote: > > have a script that does the following: > > > > cat /tmp/file | while read rpm > > > > what I would like to do is to remove the "|" pipe command but keep the > > "while read rpm" part while also somehow cat the contents of the file > > into the "while read rpm" line, how can I do that? > > ( > while read rpm; do > ... > done > ) < /tmp/file > That would still fork a bash process. Here is an example how to do it without forking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash#I.2FO_redirection > -- > Fire extinguisher (n) a device for holding open fire doors. >
