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Re: let's set the positional parameters with a simple 'read'
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Eric Blake |
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Re: let's set the positional parameters with a simple 'read' |
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Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:36:27 -0700 |
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On 01/03/2012 10:16 AM, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> One can do
> $ read p
> to set $p
> but no just as easy method to set $@, $1, etc.
> One must do
> $ set -- `cat` #which involves ^D, "too much trouble"
> Or set -- `read x; echo "$x"` etc.
No need for a subshell to do what you want. Just do:
read p
set -- "$p"
to set $1, or
read p
set -- $p
to set all of $@ according to the IFS splitting of $p.
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> So I propose we 'wreck the language' to allow me to do
> $ read @
> to set $@, same with 1, 2,.. * (almost the same as @).
Sorry, I don't think this is worth doing.
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