Named pipe test case showing pipe close doesn't reach the other process (it keeps going)

pipetest.sh (text/plain), 187 bytes, created by Peter Fox on 2006-05-17 13:15:41 UTC

#!/bin/bash
myfifo=/tmp/pipetest-fifo-$$
rm -f $myfifo
mkfifo $myfifo
cat <$myfifo &
catpid=$!
exec 55>$myfifo

echo "Fred" >&55
echo "woz" >&55
echo "ere" >&55

exec 55>&-
wait $catpid