How can I pipe output of a command into arguments of a script
 

I've seen examples on appending/overwriting the output of a command to a file but I haven't seen how you can catch the output of a command through a pipe. This is how I wrote my very basic script

##############################################
#!/bin/bash

for i in $@; do
echo You entered $i
done

##############################################

Where I run the following command it works:
./test.sh dhdhd dhdhd

However, if I enter this command nothing is passed to the program.
ls /home/gene | ./test.sh

Is there a way to either modify my script to accept piped input or a shorthand version I can pass to the script to send it the output. Note: I've tried the pipe with other commands like mkdir it tells me it's missing arguments so I was wondering what's wrong?

Use he 'read' command.
I.E. like this:

Now you can run your script like this:
echo Test | ./test.sh
or more usefull ways
ls | ./test.sh
(Not that the script itself is usefull, but you get the point ;P)

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I ran the script and all I get is the first item. Is there a way I can pass it the list in one shot, like in a buffer? Also is there a variable that stores the temp data like how find has the {} option?

Never mind I got how to do this. I am still wondering though if there's a variable that stores this data I can reference though.