Re: IFS handling and read

[Lhunath (Maarten B.)]

On 30 Nov 2009, at 16:15, Chet Ramey wrote:
> 
> Lhunath (Maarten B.) wrote:
> 
>> Note that 'read' is a bash feature; not a POSIX shell feature.  In that 
>> sense, "read" alone is limiting your "portability".  So portability in the 
>> meaning of POSIX is out of the question.
> 
> Pardon me?  `read' is a feature of every historical shell and standardized
> by Posix.  The bash implementation is a superset of Posix.
> 
> Chet
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My bad.  I was under the impression `read` was a Bourne shell-only thing and 
not standardized under POSIX.