Re: ls gets confused by IFS environment variable

[Andreas Schwab]

Elmar Stellnberger <address@hidden> writes:

> LS gets confused as soon as the IFS environment variable only contains
> control characters.

The ls program does not use the IFS environment variable in any way.

> # IFS contains an NL only:
>> bash
>> IFS=$(echo -e "\n")
>> ls
> /bin/ls: Ungültige Option --
> „/bin/ls --help“ gibt weitere Informationen.

Try running /bin/ls directly, you problably have a shell alias or function
with the name `ls', which depends on proper word splitting.

> Why has IFS an influence on "ls" at all?

It hasn't.

Andreas.

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