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Recursive unix pipes, bash functional?

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bash-pipe-recursion

	$ f () { if [ $1 -gt 0 ];then less \| f $(( $1 - 1 ));else less;fi; }

	$ cat /dev/random \| xxd \| f 100

	$ ps aux\| grep less \| wc -l
	102

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