me:
> idea: do you really need a static output map? would on-demand calls
> to r.what suffice? It can take >96 input maps.
...
> echo "x|y|`g.mlist rast sep='|'`"
> echo "$x $y" | r.what in=`g.mlist rast`
oops, that should read:
echo "$x $y" | r.what in=`g.mlist rast sep=,` null=""
Hamish