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Subject:	Newbie: read works incorrectly
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From:	schwarza AT gdls DOT com
Date:	Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:53:21 -0500
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The following statement:

      echo one two | while read line ; do
         printf '%s\r\n' $line
      done

generates

      one
      two

I would have expected

      one two

from (e.g.)

     Linux in a Nutshell
     Second Edition, Feb. 1999
     O'Reilly
     pg 191

and from previous experience.

Am I looking at the problem correctly? I assume that

"If only one variable is specified, the entire line
will be assigned to that variable." from the previous
reference.

art
schwarza AT gdls DOT com


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