Question on the IFS variable (not a FreeBSD question)
Rakhesh Sasidharan
rakhesh at rakhesh.com
Sun Aug 12 21:19:56 PDT 2007
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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