Handling POST data in bash cgi scripts

Handling incoming POST data in a bash script is no-brainer.   Just keep in mind all the same rules about dumping the contents of a variable differs depending on which (or lack there of) quotes you use.

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#!/bin/bash

echo “Status: 200 OK”
echo “”

POST_DATA=$(</dev/stdin)

echo “${POST_DATA}”
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this is beyond easy

~ by mindrape on February 21, 2008.