diff --git a/examples/builtin_piping.ion b/examples/builtin_piping.ion
index 47402a93a78c896b6bef0e80e8cce9f33dace157..8d161a80e29fc68a74799d6a4d6e1f01cc7aec51 100644
--- a/examples/builtin_piping.ion
+++ b/examples/builtin_piping.ion
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ matches foo '([A-Z])\w+' || echo false
 fn foobar x; end
 
 fn | tr '[a-z]' '[A-Z]'
+
+read foo <<< $(echo bar)
+echo $foo
diff --git a/examples/builtin_piping.out b/examples/builtin_piping.out
index cf77dde3309b35ced0f45d4df83c57d33ceb756a..5a56044f8745392c8661b81d99eff04b40580333 100644
--- a/examples/builtin_piping.out
+++ b/examples/builtin_piping.out
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ true
 false
 # FUNCTIONS
     FOOBAR
+bar