
read:tldr:c1469
read: Use a specific character as a delimiter instead of a new line.
$ read -d ${new_delimiter} ${variable}
try on your machine
The read
command in Linux is used to read a line from a file or the standard input and split it into fields. The -d
option specifies the delimiter that will be used to split the input.
In the given command, ${new_delimiter}
and ${variable}
are variables. ${new_delimiter}
represents the delimiter that will be used to split the input, and ${variable}
represents the name of the variable where the input will be stored.
So, the command read -d ${new_delimiter} ${variable}
reads a line from a file or the standard input and splits it into fields using ${new_delimiter}
as the delimiter. The fields are then stored in the variable ${variable}
.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.