Bob Proulx wrote:
> To get the entire line verbatim you would need to use the $REPLY
> variable.
Or also use
IFS= read -r foo < bar
--
D.
David Lütolf wrote:
> 'read' does not properly set variable when line ends with a
> character
>
> Repeat-By:
> ~$ echo "foo " > bar
> ~$ read foo < bar
> ~$ echo "-$foo-"
> -foo-
>
> the output should of course be: -foo -
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