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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo index 18d0447f3..9d6b5c3b5 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/expn.yo @@ -483,6 +483,24 @@ example(LPAR()mycmd =(myoutput)RPAR() &!) as the forked subshell will wait for the command to finish then remove the temporary file. +A general workaround to ensure a process substitution endures for +an appropriate length of time is to pass it as a parameter to +an anonymous shell function (a piece of shell code that is run +immediately with function scope). For example, this code: + +example(LPAR()RPAR() { + print File $1: + cat $1 +} =+LPAR()print This be the verse+RPAR()) + +outputs something resembling the following + +example(File /tmp/zsh6nU0kS: +This be the verse) + +The temporary file created by the process substitution will be deleted +when the function exits. + texinode(Parameter Expansion)(Command Substitution)(Process Substitution)(Expansion) sect(Parameter Expansion) cindex(parameter expansion) |