On Jul 5, 2022, at 5:22 PM, RVP <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 5 Jul 2022, Brook Milligan wrote: > >> I think you are saying that the “word separator” (i.e., defined by :ts) does >> not “break” words. >> > > It will if the separator char. is a white-space. I don't think any other > char. will cause splitting. Ie. OFS != FS.
OK, I suppose that makes sense, although OFS and FS are awk terms not referenced in bmake(1). If that distinction holds, though, is :ts used for accessing fields within the value of a variable via :range, :@@@, :[], etc., but not to change the expansion? If so, I think I am finally understanding a bit. Thanks. Cheers, Brook
