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
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