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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> writes:

> Johannes Schindelin schrieb:
>> I use this trick in my valgrind series:
>> 
>> 	($PROGRAM; echo $? > exit.code) | $OTHER_PROGRAM &&
>> 	test 0 = "$(cat exit.code)"
>
> Ah, using a file as temporary storage? Why not simply
>
> 	$PROGRAM > data &&
> 	$OTHER_PROGRAM < data
>
> Hm? ;)

Because too much cleverness often blinds clever minds.

Care to reroll with the simpler, dumber but clearer version?