Re: local var=$(cat) only reads one line

[Jim Pryor <dubiousjim@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Apr 8, 2012, at 06:09 PM, Jim Pryor wrote:
> test3() {
>     IN=$(cat)
>     printf "test3 <%s>\n" "$IN"
> }
> 
> test4() {
>     IN=$(cat)
>     printf "test4 <%s>\n" "$IN"
> }

test4 was supposed to use quotes: "$(cat)". It works fine either way.
This also works fine:

test1a() {
    local IN
    IN=$(cat)
    printf "test1a <%s>\n" "$IN"
}

It's only this which fails:

test1a() {
    local IN=$(cat)
    printf "test1 <%s>\n" "$IN"
}

I've also reported to FreeBSD:
<http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=166771>
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