Re: funsub questions

[Andreas Schwab]

On Dez 13 2023, Greg Wooledge wrote:

> If you'd like to read the contents of a file into a variable, the
> "read" and "readarray" (aka "mapfile") builtins are usually better
> choices anyway.  $(< file) would only be useful if you want the entire
> content in a single string variable, which is a questionable idea in
> most programs.

For interactive use, $(< ...) is convenient and less verbose than the
alternatives.

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