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Sᴀᴍ Onᴇᴌᴀ
Sᴀᴍ Onᴇᴌᴀ
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I really only use read with "while" and a do loop:
echo "This is NOT a test." | while read -r a b c theRest; do
echo "$a" "$b" "$theRest"; done
This

echo "This is NOT a test." | while read -r a b c theRest; do  
echo "$a" "$b" "$theRest"; done

This is a test.
For what it's worth, I have seen the recommendation to always use -r with the read command in bash.

I really only use read with "while" and a do loop:
echo "This is NOT a test." | while read -r a b c theRest; do
echo "$a" "$b" "$theRest"; done
This is a test.
For what it's worth, I have seen the recommendation to always use -r with the read command in bash.

I really only use read with "while" and a do loop:

echo "This is NOT a test." | while read -r a b c theRest; do  
echo "$a" "$b" "$theRest"; done

This is a test.
For what it's worth, I have seen the recommendation to always use -r with the read command in bash.

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JackDR
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I really only use read with "while" and a do loop: 
echo "This is notNOT a test"test." | while read -r a b c theRest; do echo
echo "$a" "$b" "$theRest"; done 
This is a test.
For what it's worth, I have seen the recommendation to always use -r with the read command in bash.

I really only use read with "while" and a do loop: echo "This is not a test" | while read -r a b c theRest; do echo "$a" "$b" "$theRest"; done This is a test For what it's worth, I have seen the recommendation to always use -r with read in bash.

I really only use read with "while" and a do loop: 
echo "This is NOT a test." | while read -r a b c theRest; do
echo "$a" "$b" "$theRest"; done 
This is a test.
For what it's worth, I have seen the recommendation to always use -r with the read command in bash.

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JackDR
JackDR
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I really only use read with "while" and a do loop: echo "This is not a test" | while read -r a b c theRest; do echo "$a" "$b" "$theRest"; done This is a test For what it's worth, I have seen the recommendation to always use -r with read in bash.