Am 29.08.2014 um 15:20 schrieb Roman Neuhauser: > definitely, but that doesn't fit the no-fork(2) restriction; > i understand the OP used wc(1) simply to demonstrate the defect > in his implementation. Sure. But OTOH he also didn't state how he uses cat in his loop, so I wanted to mention it, just un case... Bye... Dirk -- *Dirk Heinrichs*, Senior Systems Engineer, Engineering Solutions *Recommind GmbH*, Von-Liebig-Straße 1, 53359 Rheinbach *Tel*: +49 2226 1596666 (Ansage) 1149 *Email*: dhs@recommind.com *Skype*: dirk.heinrichs.recommind www.recommind.com