On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:52:06 -0600 Felipe Contreras <felipe.contre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chet wrote: > > Alternately, you can think of the NUL at the end of the string as an > > additional field terminator, > > Except if you do that, then 'a,' has two fields since the end of the > string is an additional field terminator, as I explained. > > > but one that follows the adjacency rules and doesn't create any empty > > fields. > > So it's a *very special* field terminator that is mentioned nowhere in > the POSIX specification. I can only suggest issuing a formal request for clarification. Clearly, there exists a prevailing consenus across implementations (bash included). For the matter not to be broached by the specification - at least, not by my reading - seems irregular. -- Kerin Millar
