Nicolas Williams writes:
> % print ${.sh.version}
> Version M 1993-12-28 s+
> % function d {
> typeset OIFS=$IFS
> typeset IFS='|'
> read line
> set -- $line
Oops! You just told it to break up the arguments twice.
Here's a better example:
$ ksh93 -p
$ echo 'a\:b:c'
a\:b:c
$ echo 'a\:b:c' | IFS=: read a b c
$ echo $a
a:b
$ echo $b
c
$ echo $c
$
It works fine.
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