Re: Read command field seperators in Bash

["Wayne <linuxtwo@gmail.com>" <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

John Salmon wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-02-14 at 11:23 -0500, Wayne wrote:
> > 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

Putting back on the list where it belongs.  Please "always" reply to the 
list so others can learn as well as yourself.

> >
> On my system, if I try 'man read' I get "No manual entry for read.' Am I
> missing something?

Yes you are.  Most programs come with a Manual (man ) page.  so ,bash, 
being a program comes with a manual page.  To read the bash manual page 
you enter the following command.

man bash

that brings up the bash man page and you can search through it for 
whatever you need to.  As read is a bash command, it should be mentioned 
in the bash man page.

To learn how to use the man progran see the man manual(man) page.

Might be a good idea to install the debian-reference package to get even 
more information how to do things in Debian.

Wayne

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