bash - Shell syntax IFS -

i'm trying run simple shell script example:

str="qwe;ert;rty;tii" ifs=';' read -r names <<< "$str" 

this giving me following error message:

syntax error: got <&, expecting word 

i'm not sure why isn't working. thought syntax used correct , tried comparing other examples , saw syntax identical.

any feedback help

thanks

this mks bash, not gnu bash. it's not bash, , doesn't support genuine shell's syntax.

there (...well, reasonably adequate) builds of gnu bash windows. use them.

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particularly, in real bash, split semicolon-separated string array of names:

str='qwe;ert;rty;tii' ifs=';' read -r -a names <<<"$str" 

...which can verify with

declare -p names 

or emit one-to-a-line with

printf '%s\n' "${names[@]}"