function and pipe

Orbix · #1 (**permalink**) 12-31-2007

Hi,

Is it possible that the output of a command is piped into a unix function? Just like in below:

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
concat(){
echo Orbix
}
echo "Hello there" | concat

Quote:

Output should be:
Hello there Orbix

How to manipulate the output of a command inside the function?

porter · #2 (**permalink**) 01-01-2008

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
concat(){
cat
echo Orbix
}
echo "Hello there" | concat

or

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
concat(){
read N
echo "$N" Orbix
}
echo "Hello there" | concat

Orbix · #3 (**permalink**) 01-01-2008

Great! Cool. Why did I not think of using read inside the function?

Hehehe. Thanks for the reply

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