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Empty trailing fields ignored by read
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DJ Mills |
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Empty trailing fields ignored by read |
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Thu, 29 Aug 2013 12:42:21 -0400 |
When using a non-default IFS (a default IFS would trim them), a single
empty trailing field is ignored for read -a.
IFS=: read -rd '' -a arr < <(printf %s ':foo:bar:'); printf '<%s> '
"${arr[@]}"; echo
<> <foo> <bar>
I would expect the output to be:
<> <foo> <bar> <>
- Empty trailing fields ignored by read,
DJ Mills <=