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Re: PATCH: read -d $'\0' doesn't work

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: PATCH: read -d $'\0' doesn't work
Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2003 12:07:09 +0100
In-reply-to: "Peter Stephenson"'s message of "Wed, 09 Jul 2003 11:59:11 BST." <16202.1057748351@xxxxxxx>
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Peter Stephenson wrote:
> I tried:
> 
>   find ... -print0 | while read -d $'\0' ...
> 
> and found that NULL delimiters don't work.  Since this is the most
> obvious use of -d, I imagine no-one uses this feature much.  The read
> builtin doesn't handle metafied delimiters correctly.
> 
> I'll apply this to 4.0, too.

Er... except I won't, because it's a new feature.

pws

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