#   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
#   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
#   (at your option) any later version.
#
#   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
#   GNU General Public License for more details.
#
#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
#   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#
a=7
echo 'abcdefg|xyz' | {
	read -d '|' a 
	echo a = "${a-unset}"
	cat -	# make sure we don't read too much
}

echo xyz 123 | {
	read -d ' ' a
	echo a = "${a-unset}"
}

echo xyz 123 | {
	read -d $'\n' a
	echo a = -"${a-unset}"-
}

a=44
echo abcd | {
	read -d d a
	echo a = $a
}

exit 0
