> in your test, try this > > echo $#x I tried that too, I'm getting the same result for an ifs of '' or ().
% ifs=() {x=`{cat f}; echo $#x} 2 % ifs='' {x=`{cat f}; echo $#x} 2 I'm doing something else wrong? uriel
> in your test, try this > > echo $#x I tried that too, I'm getting the same result for an ifs of '' or ().
% ifs=() {x=`{cat f}; echo $#x} 2 % ifs='' {x=`{cat f}; echo $#x} 2 I'm doing something else wrong? uriel