I show: IFS=$' \t\n' Try IFS=$'\n'
On Thu, 09 Oct 2003 20:36:47 -0500 Michael Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't seem to understand the IFS variable in bash. I know it's the > internal field separator and it defaults to SPACE TAB NEWLINE. But I > want to set it to just NEWLINE. > > I've tried "\n" '\n' and just \n all to no avail. Those mostly seem to > change it to "backslash enn". Surely there is some way to just set it to > newline. > > Thanks, > Michael > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > > -- Matthew Carpenter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.eisgr.com/ Enterprise Information Systems * Network Server Appliances * Network Consulting, Integration & Support * Web Integration and E-Business _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
