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Re: ${var="$val" } and Ultrix (Was: Success (mostly) with the testsuite)
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Akim Demaille |
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Re: ${var="$val" } and Ultrix (Was: Success (mostly) with the testsuite) |
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14 Nov 2000 17:02:13 +0100 |
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>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <address@hidden> writes:
Alexandre> On Nov 10, 2000, Akim Demaille <address@hidden> wrote:
>> My bet is that IFS splitting is not performed because `:
>> ${French="$french"}' sets the 8bit.
Alexandre> And would this bit be retained in the substitution for
Alexandre> echo? I've tried both cat -v and od, and there's no
Alexandre> difference between the quoted and unquoted versions.
Ah ah! That's a nice idea! So how about trying to avoid echo?
heredoc.sh
Description: Bourne shell script
and
set.sh
Description: Bourne shell script