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Multiline string literals that use similar syntax, preserving line breaks and other whitespace (including indentation) in the text.

What does the Bash operator <<< (i.e. triple less than sign) mean?

What does the triple-less-than-sign bash operator, <<<, mean, as inside the following code block? LINE="7.6.5.4" IFS=. read -a …

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sh - split string by delimiter

code s='id;some text here with possible ; inside' IFS=';' read -r id string <<< "$s" …

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