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This isn't solving the same problem as in the article, which is about inline one-liners.

When the commands already exist as a file, the problem has multiple solutions. Quoting via base64 is a clever one, but the result is actually the least convenient compromise of all: not only does the script have to pre-exist as a file, the transport of stdin is unavailable to the process executing the commands.



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