Re: Trailing newlines disappear

[PePa]

On 09/06/2560 19:06, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> imadev:~$ a=$(printf 'foo\0bar\nbaz\nquux\n'; printf x) a=${a%x}
> bash: warning: command substitution: ignored null byte in input
> imadev:~$ declare -p a
> declare -- a="foobar
> baz
> quux
> "
> 
> imadev:~$ IFS= read -rd '' a < <(printf 'foo\0bar\nbaz\nquux\n')
> imadev:~$ declare -p a
> declare -- a="foo"
> 
> imadev:~$ unset a
> imadev:~$ mapfile -t a < <(printf 'foo\0bar\nbaz\nquux\n')
> imadev:~$ declare -p a
> declare -a a=([0]="foo" [1]="baz" [2]="quux")

That is good to realize. I guess languages that strive for improvements
and yet backward comparibility over many years just end op being arcane!

Peter