Kevin,
Looking for a solution to *my* problem (strange networking problem with debian
testing), I saw your post and thought I'd respond.
> # set some variables to nightmarish values for testing purposes
> d='"ab\""q"' # literal value is "ab\""q"
> e='$d' # literal v
I wrote:
> Could someone tell me why the following works in zsh but not in
> bash/posh/dash?
>
> benjo[3]:~% echo foo bar baz | read a b c
> benjo[4]:~% echo $a $b $c
> foo bar baz
Thanks everyone for the enlightening answers! So just to summarize, the
problem is that the pipeline is treated a
On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 10:23:20AM -0500, Kevin B. McCarty wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Could someone tell me why the following works in zsh but not in
> bash/posh/dash?
>
> benjo[3]:~% echo foo bar baz | read a b c
> benjo[4]:~% echo $a $b $c
> foo bar baz
>
> If I try the same with bash (or other sh-
On Thursday 02 March 2006 16:23, Kevin B. McCarty wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Could someone tell me why the following works in zsh but not in
> bash/posh/dash?
>
> benjo[3]:~% echo foo bar baz | read a b c
> benjo[4]:~% echo $a $b $c
> foo bar baz
>
> If I try the same with bash (or other sh-compatible s
On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 10:23:20AM -0500, Kevin B. McCarty wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Could someone tell me why the following works in zsh but not in
> bash/posh/dash?
>
> benjo[3]:~% echo foo bar baz | read a b c
> benjo[4]:~% echo $a $b $c
> foo bar baz
>
> If I try the same with bash (or other sh-
On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 09:19:02AM -0800, David Kirchner wrote:
> On 3/2/06, Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi list,
> >
> > Could someone tell me why the following works in zsh but not in
> > bash/posh/dash?
> >
> > benjo[3]:~% echo foo bar baz | read a b c
> > benjo[4]:~% echo $a
Hi, Kevin.
I don't have a solution, but I found that interesting,
so did some experiments:
$ bash --version
bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.1.0(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
$ echo foo | read a; echo $a
returns empty variable
a whole lot of
On 3/2/06, Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Could someone tell me why the following works in zsh but not in
> bash/posh/dash?
>
> benjo[3]:~% echo foo bar baz | read a b c
> benjo[4]:~% echo $a $b $c
> foo bar baz
>
> If I try the same with bash (or other sh-compatible she
Hi list,
Could someone tell me why the following works in zsh but not in
bash/posh/dash?
benjo[3]:~% echo foo bar baz | read a b c
benjo[4]:~% echo $a $b $c
foo bar baz
If I try the same with bash (or other sh-compatible shells), the
variables $a $b and $c are unset. From the bash man page:
>
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