It doesn't pass the file contents at all, it passes the file path.
Yep, this is a common misunderstanding, and the blog post itself repeats it.
The only way to "pass the file contents" would be through the standard input stream, but the script might want to use stdin like normal, so this isn't an option.
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Yep, this is a common misunderstanding, and the blog post itself repeats it.
The only way to "pass the file contents" would be through the standard input stream, but the script might want to use stdin like normal, so this isn't an option.