Re: How to read \000?

[alex xmb sw ratchev]

mapfile -d '' m < <( printf %s\\0 ab cd ) ; printf %s\\0 "${m[@]}"

On Wed, May 15, 2024, 21:22 Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> $ echo -ne '\000a' | { read -N 1 x; declare -p x ; }
> declare -- x="a"
>
> read just skip \000 and read the next char "a". What if I want to read
> the underlying character, in this case, it is \000, then x should be
> just an empty string.
>
> Can this be achieved somehow in bash?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Peng
>
>