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From: djl@dplace.UUCP (Dave Lampe)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Setting IFS
Message-ID: <487@dplace.UUCP>
Date: 27 Mar 89 22:39:30 GMT
Reply-To: djl@dplace.UUCP (Dave Lampe)
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In a Bourne shell script I want to set the field separators to the standard
blank, tab, and new-line to make sure that noone has played games. The question
is what is the best looking way to do it? A way that makes it obvious to
someone reading the script what I am doing. The best way I have come up with
is:

IFS="`echo \" \t\n\c\"`" ; export IFS

Does anyone have a better command line?



Dave Lampe
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