On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 08:01:05PM -0700, Linda Walsh wrote: > # this is odd: 2vars with content for 2: > >unset a b > >a= b= read a b <<< x y > >declare -p a b > declare -- a="x" > declare -- b="" > > # -- where did "y" go?
read a b <<< x y
is the same as
read a b y <<< x
If you escape the space, to make it literal instead of syntactical, you'll get
the expected result:
$ a= b= read a b <<< x\ y
$ declare -p a b
declare -- a="x"
declare -- b="y"
