Read from a named pipe
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BashExample of how to read commands from a named pipe.
1##### read_cmd.sh #####
2#! /usr/bin/env bash
3pipe=/path/to/pipe
4[ -p "$pipe" ] || mkfifo -m 0600 "$pipe" || exit 1
5while :; do
6 while read -r cmd; do
7 if [ "$cmd" ]; then
8 printf 'Running %s ...\n' "$cmd"
9 # sh -c "$cmd" sh
10 fi
11 done <"$pipe"
12done
13
14##### alternative.sh #####
15#! /usr/bin/env bash
16tail -f $pipe | sh &
17
18
19##### readline.sh #####
20#!/bin/bash
21while read line; do
22 echo "reading: ${line}"
23 echo $line > /tmp/srv-input
24 # node queue-broker/index.js ${line}
25done < /dev/stdin
26Created on 2/15/2018