Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 16:40:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Jin Guojun (ITG staff) <jin@george.lbl.gov> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/6557: /bin/sh && IFS Message-ID: <199805082340.QAA14522@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/6557; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Jin Guojun (ITG staff) <jin@george.lbl.gov>
To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, dima@best.net
Cc: Subject: Re: bin/6557: /bin/sh && IFS
Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 16:38:38 -0700 (PDT)
>
>>How-To-Repeat:
>
> Try to run this script:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> XXX=/1:/2:/3:
> IFS=:
> echo /0:$XXX
>
> The expected result should be: "/0 /1 /2 /3"
> However, with current /bin/sh it's: "/0:/1 /2 /3"
>
>>Fix:
>
> Don't have one.
It seems only IFS on variable, but no the argument. Need be fixed.
This my temporary working around:
#!/bin/sh
XXX=/1:/2:/3:
IFS=:
tmp="/0:${XXX}"
echo $tmp
This work-around solves many sh problems over different O.S.
-Jin
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