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2021/03/18 06:46 The read builtin command – Modification by cfajohnson seems to contain false information. Changing IFS is not needed when no variable is used with read. jarnos -248 B (current)
2020/06/27 08:35 The read builtin command – -e works with -u since 5.1 alpha thebonsai +91 B
2018/07/17 08:42 The read builtin command – [Synopsis] thebonsai +14 B
2017/05/12 23:39 The read builtin command – [Description] Added a second method to avoid having to muck about with IFS (doing so can be prone to operator error, i.e. forgetting to reset IFS to something sane) greywolf
2013/04/14 12:31 The read builtin command – Don't tread version 4 special - it has been around for a long time now thebonsai
2013/04/14 11:14 The read builtin command – [Description] thebonsai
2012/09/15 10:55 The read builtin command – [Description] clarify timeout behaviour thebonsai
2012/06/03 23:29 The read builtin command – [Description] cfajohnson
2012/05/23 19:59 The read builtin command – stupid read without -r ormaaj
2011/12/23 16:15 The read builtin command – [Reading Columns] IFS must be something other than whitespace for this to work. striker
2011/08/05 15:39 The read builtin command – [Multichar-IFS: Parsing a simple date/time string] thebonsai
2011/07/30 12:14 The read builtin command – synopsis typos thebonsai
2011/06/04 15:10 The read builtin command – crosslink variables thebonsai
2011/01/14 23:11 The read builtin command – read was fixed to return a proper error code when assigning to a readonly variable thebonsai
2011/01/10 21:37 The read builtin command – multichar IFS to parse a simple date/time string thebonsai
2011/01/04 06:14 The read builtin command – [Return status] thebonsai
2011/01/04 06:05 The read builtin command – return status thebonsai
2010/10/05 05:12 The read builtin command – external edit 127.0.0.1