I think Shawn's Pipe() UDF is the way to go in the absence of a 'direct' pipe.
BTW, here's the thread.
Topic: A coding challenge for you (well for me anyway)
Topic: Pipe - Submits a shell command and redirects output to an array
Topic: Pipe(2) - Submits a shell command and redirects output to an array
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