Never used that construct in this context. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Keith Keller <kkeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2014-12-03, Hal Wigoda <hal.wigoda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> You have to do >> cat domain >> in back tiks >> >> instead of read domain. > > This is an error you can't blame on your device. domain is not a file, > but a bash variable. read takes stdin (which is what the OP's snippet > is doing) and populates the named variable(s) (domain in this case). > > --keith > > > -- > kkeller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- ----------------- Hal Wigoda Chicago _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos