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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0000958 | 1003.1(2013)/Issue7+TC1 | Shell and Utilities | public | 2015-06-12 09:45 | 2019-06-10 08:54 |
| Reporter | stephane | Assigned To | |||
| Priority | normal | Severity | Editorial | Type | Enhancement Request |
| Status | Closed | Resolution | Accepted As Marked | ||
| Name | Stephane Chazelas | ||||
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| User Reference | |||||
| Section | http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/read.html | ||||
| Page Number | 3154 | ||||
| Line Number | 105406 | ||||
| Interp Status | --- | ||||
| Final Accepted Text | See 0000958:0002762 | ||||
| Summary | 0000958: misleading description for the "read" utility | ||||
| Description | The "read" utility is currently described as: read - read a line from standard input That is misleading. First, "read" may read more than one line (it reads a backslash-continued line, which is different from the usual definition of "line"). Then, its primary purpose is to assign shell variables from *words* read from standard input (using a complex processing algorithm) We see too many scripts around that do: while read line; do... while the authors meant: while IFS= read -r line; do or while line=`line`; do # that one removed in SUSv3 Having a description like "read a line from standard input" just encourages that behaviour. | ||||
| Desired Action | Change the description in the top "Name" section to: read - read words from standard input into shell variables The first paragraph after that could also be clarified. | ||||
| Tags | tc2-2008 | ||||
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On page 3154 line 105406, change:read — read a line from standard input to: read — read from standard input into shell variables On page 3154 change line 105410 from: The read utility shall read a single line from standard input. to: The read utility shall read a single logical line from standard input into one or more shell variables. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-12 09:45 | stephane | New Issue | |
| 2015-06-12 09:45 | stephane | Name | => Stephane Chazelas |
| 2015-06-12 09:45 | stephane | Section | => http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/read.html |
| 2015-06-12 09:45 | stephane | Page Number | => http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/read.html |
| 2015-06-12 09:45 | stephane | Line Number | => Name section |
| 2015-07-02 16:29 | rhansen | Page Number | http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/read.html => 3154 |
| 2015-07-02 16:29 | rhansen | Line Number | Name section => 105406 |
| 2015-07-02 16:29 | rhansen | Interp Status | => --- |
| 2015-07-16 15:47 | nick | Note Added: 0002762 | |
| 2015-07-16 15:48 | nick | Final Accepted Text | => See 0000958:0002762 |
| 2015-07-16 15:48 | nick | Status | New => Resolved |
| 2015-07-16 15:48 | nick | Resolution | Open => Accepted As Marked |
| 2015-07-16 15:48 | nick | Tag Attached: tc2-2008 | |
| 2015-07-16 15:51 | nick | Note Edited: 0002762 | |
| 2019-06-10 08:54 | agadmin | Status | Resolved => Closed |
