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# 1  
Old 12-31-2007
function and pipe
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?
# 2  
Old 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

# 3  
Old 01-01-2008
Great! Cool. Why did I not think of using read inside the function?Smilie Hehehe. Thanks for the replySmilie
 
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