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Re: read builtin does not return success code (0) in spite of it success
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Eric Blake |
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Re: read builtin does not return success code (0) in spite of it successfully read line |
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Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:43:37 -0700 |
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On 12/26/2010 01:29 PM, Stephane CHAZELAS wrote:
> Bash behavior is the same as every other shell, is as documented
> and as specified by POSIX.
POSIX requires that the input to read be a text file. Since you aren't
passing a text file, the behavior is undefined. POSIX does NOT require
bash to return failure in this case, but neither does it require bash to
return success. You should not rely on the behavior of read when the
input does not end in a newline.
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Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682
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