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On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 00:56:39 +0100 |
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Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Sat, 19 Dec 2015, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> >> set -f |
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> >> echo -e ${DOC_CONTENTS} | ... |
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> >> |
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> >> versus: |
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> >> |
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> >> read -d '' -r -a DOC_CONTENTS <<<"${DOC_CONTENTS}" |
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> >> echo -e "${DOC_CONTENTS[*]}" | ... |
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> >> |
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> >> The second one is (IMHO) harder to understand, less efficient, and |
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> >> relies on undocumented behaviour. |
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> > On WHAT?! |
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> Documentation of the read command doesn't specify behaviour for an |
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> empty argument of the -d option: |
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> `-d DELIM' |
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> The first character of DELIM is used to terminate the input |
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> line, rather than newline. |
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Feel free to use $'\0' if that makes it more explicit for you. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/> |
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