John Salmon wrote:
Is there a way to change the field seperators in Bash's read command
(Debian Lenny)? I could use gawk to do what I need but, since gawk isn't
installed in the Lenny distribution, I'de rather use something that is.
John Salmon
salmonjj@comcast.net
Sure is. It's in the bash man page. Look for IFS. When in doubt, always try the man page. Wayne