2021年8月23日(月) 13:40 L A Walsh <b...@tlinx.org>: > > On 2021/08/22 19:14, Koichi Murase wrote: > > I'd guess Ilkka has asked the use case for this particular output > > format, i.e., the quoted fields inside a single word. If the purpose > > is organizing the data, I would naturally expect the result in the > > following more useful format in separate words without quoting: > > > > <adsf> > > <456 789> > > <foo bar> > > <123 456> > > > ---- > Exactly -- "you" would expect that "some other format" would > better meet the specific use-case - which is often used as a reason > to not implement the specific feature.
Maybe I miss your point, but <adsf "456 789" "foo bar" "123 456" > is already implemented behavior of Bash 5.1. Ilkka just asked for an explanation of the existing feature (but does not try to reject a feature suggestion for lack of useful use cases).
