Re: [Help-bash] How to get stdin from the parent process?

[Peng Yu]

> you can save stdin in another fd that will be inherited, then redirect stdin
> explicitely :
>
> #!/usr/bin/env bash
> # vim: set noexpandtab tabstop=2:
> exec 3<&0
> (
>     while read -r i
>     do
>         echo "$i"
>     done
> ) <&3 &
> wait

Thanks.

In this specific case, I can move "<&3" into "()"? In other words, are
the file handles shared by the parent and the child?

My test case indicates so. But I want to make sure.

exec 3<&0
(
    while read -r i
    do
        echo "$i"
    done <&3
) &
wait

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Regards,
Peng