How can I assign a newline-separated string with e.g. three lines to three variables ?
# test string
s='line 01
line 02
line 03'
# this doesn't seem to make any difference at all
IFS=$'\n'
# first naive attempt
read a b c <<< "${s}"
# this prints 'line 01||':
# everything after the first newline is dropped
echo "${a}|${b}|${c}"
# second attempt, remove quotes
read a b c <<< ${s}
# this prints 'line 01 line 02 line 03||':
# everything is assigned to the first variable
echo "${a}|${b}|${c}"
# third attempt, add -r
read -r a b c <<< ${s}
# this prints 'line 01 line 02 line 03||':
# -r switch doesn't seem to make a difference
echo "${a}|${b}|${c}"
# fourth attempt, re-add quotes
read -r a b c <<< "${s}"
# this prints 'line 01||':
# -r switch doesn't seem to make a difference
echo "${a}|${b}|${c}"
I also tried using echo ${s} | read a b c instead of <<<, but couldn't get that to work either.
Can this be done in bash at all ?