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Subject: Re: `jobs' builtin does not work with pipe in scripts
From: Marc Weber <marco-oweber@gmx.de>
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Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 00:56:37 +0100
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ZyX,

I think you should provide more context. Its almost impossible to try to
find a workaround. Eg you could use /bin/sh

/bin/sh -c 'sleep 1s & sleep 1s & jobs | cat ' | while read .. ?

Anyway you seem to have found something which works for you.

Marc Weber