Matthew Carpenter wrote:
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
Matthew Carpenter wrote:
I show: IFS=$' \t\n'
Try IFS=$'\n'
Thank you. I'll try it later.
Michael
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Michael Hipp wrote:
Matthew Carpenter wrote:
I show: IFS=$' \t\n'
Try IFS=$'\n'
Thank you. I'll try it later.
If that dont cut it:
IFS=CTRL-VENTER
where everything in is the keys to press
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Douglas J Hunley (doug at linux-sxs.org) -
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
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
