"Chris F.A. Johnson" <ch...@cfajohnson.com> writes:

>    This works with the output of commands, too:
>
> IFS=- read year month day <<.
> $(date +%Y-%m-%d)
> .

The disadvantage is that the command is executed synchronously.

Andreas.

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