Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:17:18 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: dino <dino@unitix.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bug in /bin/sh?!? Message-ID: <47F913AE.3040604@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <47F8C1B3.4030902@unitix.org> References: <47F8C1B3.4030902@unitix.org>
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dino wrote: > Hello, > > on my FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE the line: > >> sh -c 'set -- ${HOME+A B C}; echo "1:$1"; echo "2:$2:"; echo "3:$3:"' > > prints > > 1:A B C: > 2:: > 3:: > > I would rather expect: > > 1:A: > 2:B: > 3:C: > > Is it correct that field splitting isn't performed on default/alternate > expanded values? > "A B C" is a single value tha thappens to contain spaces. so, yes there is no splitting at that point. > regards, > > Corrado Ficicchia > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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