Re: How to read \000?

[Peng Yu]

No. I need to just read one character.

On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 2:30 PM alex xmb sw ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com> wrote:
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> mapfile -d '' m < <( printf %s\\0 ab cd ) ; printf %s\\0 "${m[@]}"
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> On Wed, May 15, 2024, 21:22 Peng Yu <pengyu.ut@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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
>>


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Regards,
Peng