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From: sm@sys.uea.ac.uk (Shaun McCullagh CMP RA)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell
Subject: Changing the IFS in sh.
Message-ID: <1260@sys.uea.ac.uk>
Date: 7 Jun 91 18:48:04 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: UEA, Norwich, UK
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Hi,

I know how to change the IFS in the Bourne Shell to "::", say,
BUT I would like to change it from "<space><tab><newline>"
to "<newline>". Is this possible ? I've tried IFS="\013"
& IFS="\n" to no avail.

I be grateful if somebody could tell me as I have to write scripts
that handle directories & filenames containing one or more
space chars..

Thanx in advance.

Please mail me direct.


Shaun McCullagh.,
East Anglia Uni.,
Norwich
England

sm@sys.uea.ac.uk