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Re: [Help-bash] Anomalies with ${*}


From: Bill Gradwohl
Subject: Re: [Help-bash] Anomalies with ${*}
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:35:36 -0600

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
Bash parses this line _while IFS is still at it's previous value_.  Only
after it is parsed is IFS temporarily changed for the 'echo' invocation,
but that's too late.

>
> What am I missing?

You have to set IFS in an independent statement from where you plan on
using $* to take advantage of the new IFS settings.


Thank You Eric.

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Bill Gradwohl


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