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NAME
coproc - Create a coprocess named NAME.
SYNOPSIS
coproc [NAME] command [redirections]
DESCRIPTION
Create a coprocess named NAME.
Execute COMMAND asynchronously, with the standard output and standard
input of the command connected via a pipe to file descriptors assigned
to indices 0 and 1 of an array variable NAME in the executing shell.
The default NAME is "COPROC".
Exit Status:
The coproc command returns an exit status of 0.
SEE ALSO
bash(1)
IMPLEMENTATION
GNU bash, version 5.0.17(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>