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http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1161 
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Reported By:                steffen
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    1003.1(2016)/Issue7+TC2
Issue ID:                   1161
Category:                   Shell and Utilities
Type:                       Clarification Requested
Severity:                   Editorial
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     New
Name:                       steffen 
Organization:                
User Reference:              
Section:                    command 
Page Number:                2596 
Line Number:                84274 ff. 
Interp Status:              --- 
Final Accepted Text:         
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Date Submitted:             2017-09-04 13:09 UTC
Last Modified:              2017-09-05 15:37 UTC
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Summary:                    command -v must find something executable
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 (0003829) chet_ramey (reporter) - 2017-09-05 15:37
 http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1161#c3829 
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re: comment 3825

> I never understood why i cannot say "IFS=: set -- $PATH", by the way,
has
> anyone an answer for this?

Because the standard says that variable assignments preceding a simple
command
are processed after the command words are expanded.

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/V3_chap02.html#tag_18_09_01


Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2017-09-04 13:09 steffen        New Issue                                    
2017-09-04 13:09 steffen        Name                      => steffen         
2017-09-04 13:09 steffen        Section                   => command         
2017-09-04 13:09 steffen        Page Number               => 2596            
2017-09-04 13:09 steffen        Line Number               => 84274 ff.       
2017-09-04 15:49 kre            Note Added: 0003821                          
2017-09-05 06:58 stephane       Note Added: 0003823                          
2017-09-05 08:30 stephane       Note Added: 0003824                          
2017-09-05 12:34 steffen        Note Added: 0003825                          
2017-09-05 12:39 steffen        Note Added: 0003826                          
2017-09-05 12:47 kre            Note Added: 0003827                          
2017-09-05 13:37 steffen        Note Added: 0003828                          
2017-09-05 15:37 chet_ramey     Note Added: 0003829                          
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