Как передать несколько файлов в одном потоке, чтобы обработать их конвейерно (без сохранения) на принимающей стороне?

    function isBlank {
 valueNoSpaces=$(echo "$@" | tr -d ' ')

 if [  "$valueNoSpaces" == null ] || [ -z "$valueNoSpaces" ] 
 then
       echo true ;
 else
       echo ""  ;
 fi
}

#Test
if [ $(isBlank "      ") ] 
then
    echo "isBlank \"      \" : it's blank"
else
    echo " isBlank \"      \": it is not blank"
fi

if [ $(isBlank "abc") ] 

then
    echo "isBlank \"abc\" : it's blank"
else
    echo "isBlank \"abc\" :it is not blank"
fi

if [ $(isBlank null) ] 
then
      echo "isBlank null : it's blank"
else
    echo "isBlank null : it is not blank"
fi

if [ $(isBlank "") ] 
then
    echo "isBlank \"\" : it's blank"
else
    echo "isBlank \"\" : it is not blank"
fi

#Result
isBlank "      " : it's blank

isBlank "abc" :it is not blank

isBlank null : it's blank

isBlank "" : it's blank