'read' sometimes truncates trailing field delimiter

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Re: 'read' sometimes truncates trailing field delimiter

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 08:54:43 -0600, MacBeth wrote: > It seems that `read` truncates a trailing delimiter if there is one less > variable argument than input fields and the last field is empty (trailing > delimiter). https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls#pf47 "It's a feature."