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That `while read` loops ignore single line inputs (with no newline character)
https://til.codeinthehole.com/posts/that-while-read-loops-in-bash-dont-read-lines-with-no-new-line-character/
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A Bash script I was working on had a while read loop that processed Git commit SHAs: git log --pretty=format:'%H' $OPTIONS | while read -r line; do ... done but it did nothing when the git log command only piped one SHA in. Why?
