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Date:      Mon, 22 Oct 2018 19:08:58 +0700
From:      Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
To:        Freebsd hackers list <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   shell read built-in
Message-ID:  <2fff355e-a729-d5d3-8199-f2bbba80c112@grosbein.net>

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Hi!

$ echo test | read line; echo $?
0
$ echo -n test | read line; echo $?
1

Is it right behavior for /bin/sh?
This makes it hard for "while read line ... < file"
to process last line if it is not followed by new line character.

Eugene



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