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Re: field splitting with empty fields

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From: Clint Adams <clint@xxxxxxx>
To: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: field splitting with empty fields
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:20:48 -0400
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On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 05:13:55PM -0700, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> print ${list//:/$'\n'}
> 
> ??

Okay, I asked a stupid question.

I want the line split into words according to fields which may be
blank.  Right now I'm substituting :x: for :: and then removing 
the x's to ensure that the array value match up to the proper
indices.  This seems suboptimal.

Follow-Ups:
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  - From: Peter Stephenson
- Re: field splitting with empty fields
  - From: Stephane Chazelas

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- field splitting with empty fields
  - From: Clint Adams
- Re: field splitting with empty fields
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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