read piped info into a script

[mister_v]

Hi,

I would like to read the result from one command into my script using piped.
But I don't know what kind of argument to use.

Can anyone help me with this?

[chris]

I think piped info is just as standard input.

Something like this should work

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MESSAGE="$(< /dev/stdin)"

Standard input get stored in variable MESSAGE

You can test the script with this
echo "this is a test" | script.sh