On 1/12/25 4:55 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Sun, Jan 12, 2025 at 16:26:04 -0500, Chet Ramey wrote:
In this case, we get the "expected" result:

You just restated the original example while ignoring the part of my
message about looking for additional input after you find a delimiter.

Right.  You explained why it works the way it does.  But from a user's
point of view, it's just unexpected behavior.

The part I objected to is your quoting a part of the message, then implying
that it applies to your example, leaving out the part where I explained
why it does not.

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