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Old 07-28-2014
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Originally Posted by neutronscott
since you're using bash I'd say <<< "$string" is a much better option than < <(echo "$string").

Code:
$ IFS=: read -raa <<< "$PATH"
$ declare -p a
declare -a a='([0]="/home/mute/bin" [1]="/usr/local/bin" [2]="/usr/bin" [3]="/bin" [4]="/usr/local/games" [5]="/usr/games")'

Thanks. I have always used here documents and here strings as constant text so I never realized they were expanded first.

Mike
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NAME

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SYNOPSIS

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