Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 08:17:13 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Changing $IFS in a bash shell Message-ID: <20011202081713.A17293@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20011201215816.P13613@blossom.cjclark.org> References: <3C097584.B51ECEBC@pantherdragon.org> <20011201173255.N13613@blossom.cjclark.org> <ausnaup7da.nau@localhost.localdomain> <20011201215816.P13613@blossom.cjclark.org>
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On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 09:58:16PM -0800, Crist J . Clark wrote: > On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 08:34:57PM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > > > > IFS=^M > > > > > > > > What is the proper way to change $IFS? > > > > > > I would expect the last one to work if '^M' is a _literal_ '^M' (that > > > is your keystrokes are, "IFS=<crtl-v><enter><enter>"). However, I > > > think, > > > > > > IFS="\ > > > " > > > > > > Is probably the "cleanest" way to do it. > > > > 1) I think that sets IFS to nothing since it escapes the newline. > > Sorry, > > $ IFS=" > " > > > 2) The Unix newline character is ^J (line feed), > > not ^M (carriage return). > > Good point. It would be, > > IFS=<ctrl-v><ctrl-j><enter> > > Above, but that doesn't seem to work... > > > 3) In ksh shell, this works: IFS="\n" > > But it doesn't work in bash. IFS=" " Is what I use in real life :) -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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