From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: zsh-users-return-23654-ml=inbox.vuxu.org@zsh.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from primenet.com.au (ns1.primenet.com.au [203.24.36.2]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id a90bef11 for ; Tue, 18 Sep 2018 05:12:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 10264 invoked by alias); 18 Sep 2018 05:12:35 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: X-Seq: 23654 Received: (qmail 17327 invoked by uid 1010); 18 Sep 2018 05:12:35 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from mail-ot1-f43.google.com by f.primenet.com.au (envelope-from , uid 7791) with qmail-scanner-2.11 (clamdscan: 0.99.2/21882. spamassassin: 3.4.1. Clear:RC:0(209.85.210.43):SA:0(-1.9/5.0):. Processed in 3.753587 secs); 18 Sep 2018 05:12:35 -0000 X-Envelope-From: sgniazdowski@gmail.com X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=7ozzzgSwmGNMAiSELqYkq0jKAdW0M8TKEoJ7IMoHwMY=; b=XZvidNTY6eBXqlpltb+YHI4jqGkndBZNCeghrXYbEwDHmuJPODvTr9g6ui08LZ8F1u G70HxNOpyIVyuCWsnKlnzGH2J/RaJ8paw47emcSCVBgEqH3BDv6D0WTUZPoPDwDwNNQ2 cLvE76kIWydC6tsrMGqY5ae+/fKKBIO15q/yFCSOHjbuwchR+SaJilC7zM4EoQBA9B7z 8gNY261WCNWRTlUyeyp+6Ep5DaUI43HDm1BWeuo3dGzgkZszaTokWfdwmouN1bLaifzi 29k1pBX7fXWESg+KPbn9EP67zA5KPse4gLeYvScb/ATlV1nwPNj3DlMeB/gS95uF8JPH A3gg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=7ozzzgSwmGNMAiSELqYkq0jKAdW0M8TKEoJ7IMoHwMY=; b=MTSeqM2vMhZvEUyY3yZ+VPwnsMBs7jy6ngrCVEuk+06lI6eUOiIchASOgtis76e9yN jetaSKO9rvnHEDyi/29lZpl5Qdju2rm0wJOHaQqtV47Cm8CYSGm3IMcaBaKx9EA9fA90 /pfEhDismMKWseaaCJIBxlFuKZV02eHjo5vFF2jsd/1hQg+8JMatxWnQiL6Cn8Fd6cDW EAmU9YfBUG8+WVAqAReEYpsDSq2QqaOdNKMhK8dcgXrnlkvUdOosN4NdoV+0V+3wyHWy wiNLdQIF48XjMoQ4v4YJPPyYsPwgfAsm/Fzn996hS3tI4kjoRQ7vGCKaEJBJ6HilH7ji LdMg== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51C0Hg/V2d79U7zw6K92X6eGOAFrxr05haX483jtDBgKQZO+5fMb 5GjIbICX9IvlR8OUnDjaidvjbJ2l9SOfYdDUQAc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdaAdUc2auDJnTr84NfSMWf3ClnpKiCybp6B5BtnUApna1S2Oll2tFL14PdoC2LC5/528MpCacR1pN/496y0yz4= X-Received: by 2002:a9d:2eac:: with SMTP id w41-v6mr15279270ota.399.1537247543556; Mon, 17 Sep 2018 22:12:23 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <04a12c6a-c926-b088-f386-8a2bdb81dad2@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <04a12c6a-c926-b088-f386-8a2bdb81dad2@gmail.com> From: Sebastian Gniazdowski Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 07:12:11 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Capturing STDOUT without subshells or file I/O To: robobenklein@gmail.com Cc: Zsh Users Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Sun, 2 Sep 2018 at 22:59, Ben Klein wrote: > > Hello Zshellers, > > I have an interesting predicament, I with to capture the STDOUT (builtin printf) of a ZSH function to a variable, in which the function should be running in the current shell context. mksh can do this with: ${ foo;} foo runs in current shell and the ${ ... } is substituted with its output. One more cool thing mksh has - ${|foo;} which is replaced by the value of REPLY after running foo in current shell. I think that each time a serious, optimized coding occurs (like when creating an advanced theme), those will be very handy. -- Sebastian Gniazdowski News: https://twitter.com/ZdharmaI IRC: https://kiwiirc.com/client/chat.freenode.net:+6697/#zplugin Blog: http://zdharma.org