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srathbun/posix compliant word splitting read loop

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how to split a single line with read in a posix manner ( no arrays )
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posix compliant word splitting read loop
#!/bin/dash
echo "a,b,c" | while read line; do
IFS=','
set -- $line
for word in "$@"; do echo "$word"; done
done
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