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## In POSIX sh, process substitution is undefined.
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(or "In dash, ... is not supported." when using `dash`)
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### Problematic code:
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```sh
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#!/bin/sh
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while IFS= read -r n
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do
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sum=$((sum+n))
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done < <(program)
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```
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### Correct code:
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The easiest fix is to switch to a shell that does support process substitution, by changing the shebang to `#!/bin/bash` or `ksh`.
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```sh
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#!/bin/bash
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while IFS= read -r n
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do
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sum=$((sum+n))
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done < <(program)
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```
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Alternatively, process substitution can often be replaced with temporary files:
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```sh
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#!/bin/sh
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tmp="$(mktemp)"
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program > "$tmp"
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while IFS= read -r n
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sum=$((sum+n))
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done < "$tmp"
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rm "$tmp"
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```
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If streaming is important, the temporary file can be a named pipe, and the producer or consumer can be run as a background job.
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### Rationale:
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Process substitution is a ksh and bash extension. It does not work in sh or dash scripts.
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### Exceptions:
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If you only intend to target shells that supports this feature, you can change
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the shebang to a shell that guarantees support, or [[ignore]] this warning.
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You can use `# shellcheck disable=SC3000-SC4000` to ignore all such compatibility
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warnings.
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### Related resources:
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