Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > windlord:~> printenv IFS
> > windlord:~> /bin/sh -c 'echo x-${IFS}-x'
> > x- -x
> > windlord:~> uname -a
> > SunOS windlord.stanford.edu 5.6 Generic_105181-19 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1
> >
> > Looks set to me, although it appears to be set incorrectly.
>
> Incorrectly? Looks to me the same as with bash:
> [16:24:40 tmp]$ printenv IFS
> [16:24:46 tmp]$ bash -c 'echo x-${IFS}-x'
> x- -x
> [16:24:48 tmp]$ bash --version
> GNU bash, version 2.05.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu)
> Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> [16:27:28 tmp]$
>
> Ah, something might be wrong with the above tests:
Maybe you want
sh -c 'echo "x-${IFS}-x"'
Both Solaris 2.6 /bin/sh and Linux bash seem to have IFS set.
$ /bin/sh -c 'echo "x-${IFS}-x"'
x-
-x
- Hari
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