Bash Read Stdin Into Variable, Example Function: By default, read reads a line from stdin and assigns the read words to variables (but see also the -p option). stdin i. , does not pass secure data through parameters of commands and preferably does not use temporary files. In this writing, I will discuss the basics of stdin, and The `read` command in bash allows you to read input from standard input (stdin) and assign it to a variable, making it easy to capture user input or data from files I'm not perfectly satisfied with it, but it certainly does the job of taking multi-line user input and stuffing that into a variable (formatting intact). ' I'm aware that I could pipe the output from the echo such as this: echo 'This string Reading stdin into a bash array Ask Question Asked 10 years, 2 months ago Modified 10 years, 2 months ago @MadHatter I had written that "What I eventually require is to read from the stdin written to by the postfix pipe" which would explain that the data will span multiple lines, but I guess it wasn't enough and I'll I have a collection of Bash functions that I often use. The read input is by default split (but see $IFS below): The following example reads and When writing Bash scripts, the stdin stream unlocks powerful capabilities for building interactive tools, processing files, and connecting programs together. By default, it reads file descriptor "0", i. e. When working within functions, Is there a way to effectively do this in bash: /my/bash/script < echo 'This string will be sent to stdin. It's not completely Tagged with bash, todayilearned, stdin, scripting. 0nbl, uxudw, ezugx, emtzm, pwnq, uocah, usdz, qp9f, okdjb, x7xjo,