Shell scripting input redirection oddities. Shell scripting input redirection oddities.

$ echo $$;cat | read a
10637

    |                       |-bash(10637)-+-bash(10786)
    |                       |             `-cat(10785)

Tags: dash-shell

Source: By Ryan Ahearn as answer to the question

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