Timeline for What is the difference between a builtin command and one that is not?
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| Dec 15, 2017 at 19:56 | history | edited | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 15, 2017 at 19:56 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' |
@SergiyKolodyazhnyy read is not a special builtin, so IFS=read sets the variable only for the duration of the command.
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| Dec 15, 2017 at 16:37 | comment | added | Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy |
Quick question, so what does "ordinary parameter assignment" mean when we do while IFS= read -r line ?
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| Apr 16, 2011 at 19:24 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | These distinctions are the really important ones. | |
| Apr 16, 2011 at 16:34 | history | edited | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 16, 2011 at 16:29 | history | answered | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |