Re: bash - pipe

Trying to reproduce your example:

ldo@theon:~> echo 123 >/tmp/fifo & echo 456 >/tmp/fifo &
[1] 25800
[2] 25801
ldo@theon:~> read -n3 </tmp/fifo; echo $REPLY
123
bash: echo: write error: Broken pipe
ldo@theon:~>
[1]- Done echo 123 > /tmp/fifo
[2]+ Exit 1 echo 456 > /tmp/fifo

The second echo died as soon as the input end of the pipe was closed.


??

I have no errors... and $REPLY is 456


$ uname -r
2.6.24.3vnl

$ echo $BASH_VERSION
3.1.17(1)-release

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$ echo 123 > /tmp/fifo & echo 456 > /tmp/fifo &
[1] 11408
[2] 11409

$ read -n3 < /tmp/fifo ; echo $REPLY
456
[1]- Done echo 123 >/tmp/fifo
[2]+ Done echo 456 >/tmp/fifo

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what happens?
.

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