Re: IFS handling and read

Юрий Пухальский wrote: Good day! Theres is a problem with a following code: echo a:b|IFS=: read a b; echo $a this seems work $ echo "a:b" | { IFS=":" read a b; echo $a; } a

Re: operators available in bash versions

On 1 Dec 2009 00:05:09 GMT Allodoxaphobia Allodoxaphobia replied: > You can, doncha know, install ports into $HOME? > Ergo, you could install bash 3.x and one or more earlier versions > in $HOME/bin/ and test your scripts to your heart's content. > > I found the install 'tricks' via Google, but

Re: Doubt on variable $

visco wrote: > Could anyone tell me what is the purpose of $< > > I found it in a Makefile as follows > $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@ That's not a bash variable. It's a Makefile variable. http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html#Automatic-Variables > Also it would be nice if any

Doubt on variable $

Could anyone tell me what is the purpose of $< I found it in a Makefile as follows $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $@ Also it would be nice if anyone could give a link explaining spl. variables used in bash Thanks and regards visco