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Re: [Help-bash] (no subject)


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: [Help-bash] (no subject)
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 11:35:31 -0400
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On 9/22/17 11:33 AM, John McKown wrote:

> ​I will agree that your method is superior. However, mine does work. At
> least on my Linux system (Fedora 25)
> 
> $ IFS="" lista=$(cat list)
> $ echo $lista
> hello
> world

This leaves IFS set to the empty string, which might lead to unexpected
results for subsequent commands.

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