# ><[0] echo Ok | { sleep 0.1; read -t 0 reply; echo ">$reply<[$?]"; } # This would not be deterministic: returns 0 "data exists" if EOF is seen # (true terminated) - because EOF is considered to be data (read will not block), # else returns 1 "no data". ## ><[????] #true | { read -t 0 reply; echo ">$reply<[$?]"; } # ><[0] true | { sleep 0.1; read -t 0 reply; echo ">$reply<[$?]"; } # ><[1] sleep 0.2 | { read -p IGNORED_PROMPT -t 0 reply; echo ">$reply<[$?]"; }