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>>>>> On Sat, 19 Dec 2015, Michał Górny wrote: |
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>> set -f |
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>> echo -e ${DOC_CONTENTS} | ... |
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>> versus: |
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>> read -d '' -r -a DOC_CONTENTS <<<"${DOC_CONTENTS}" |
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>> echo -e "${DOC_CONTENTS[*]}" | ... |
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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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Ulrich |
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