Re: read command and ascii null as delimiter

[Nathan Coulter]

Chet Ramey wrote:
> > "Nathan Coulter" <org.gnu.bug-bash@pooryorick.com> writes:
> >
> > > >  read -d $'\0' will do most of what you want, with one limitation.  The
> >          ^^^^^^^^
> >
> > This is actually equivalent to read -d ''.


So, to recap, the way to read null-delimited data is:

printf 'hello\0there' | { while  read -d ''; do echo $REPLY ; done ; echo 
$REPLY ; }

The final reply picks up whatever remains after th last $'\0'.

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Nathan "pooryorick" Coulter