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From: Jin Guojun (ITG staff) <jin@george.lbl.gov>
Subject: Re: bin/6557: /bin/sh && IFS
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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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