Good day! Theres is a problem with a following code:
echo a:b|IFS=: read a b; echo $a According to a standard, i expect the field splitting to occur, thus setting a variable to "a" value. But It doesn't work even with POSIX option. Other shells i can lay my hands upon (native shells on HP-UX and AIX of different versions), ksh and zsh work as expected. (GNU bash, version 3.2.25(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)) —— «The good thing about standards is there are so many to choose from.»
