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From: houten@pttdis.UUCP (Karel van Houten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Strange IFS in HP-UX 2.1 /bin/sh
Message-ID: <13@pttdis.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 89 08:38:34 GMT
Reply-To: houten@pttdis.UUCP (Karel van Houten)
Organization: PTT Telecom b.v. The Netherlands
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Since our upgrade from hpux 1.2 to 2.1 the IFS character in 
the bourne shell has changed from the normal TAB, SPACE, NEWLINE
to TAB, SPACE, \240, NEWLINE.

Sample output:
$ echo "$IFS" | od -bc
0000000      \t  \n 240  \n
	040 011 012 240 012
0000005
$

This does not occur in the Korn or C shells.

My question is WHY has HP introduced this behaviour?
Any suggestions?
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