IFS=' ' read -r -d '' a b c <<< "$(printf '%s\n' "foo" "bar" "baz")" echo "a=[$a]"echo "b=[$b]"echo "c=[$c]"
Standard input is empty
a=[foo bar baz ] b=[] c=[]
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