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Date:      Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:19:23 +0400 (GST)
From:      Rakhesh Sasidharan <rakhesh@rakhesh.com>
To:        Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question on the IFS variable (not a FreeBSD question)
Message-ID:  <20070813081655.A44584@obelix.home.rakhesh.com>
In-Reply-To: <18111.16253.130080.423918@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
References:  <20070812195535.V86618@obelix.home.rakhesh.com> <18111.16253.130080.423918@jerusalem.litteratus.org>

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Robert Huff wrote:
>>  A bit of Google searching got me the solution too. That I must set IFS this
>>  way:
>>
>>  IFS=$'\n'
>
> 	It is also possible to use:
>
> IFS="
> "
>
> 	with the default shell; this has been (personally) confirmed
> within the least few weeks

Hmm, yeah, that too should work. Will try that sometime.

Thank you,
Rakhesh



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