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Re: bash-3.1.011 escaped character error
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: bash-3.1.011 escaped character error |
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Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:15:53 +0100 |
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Mihai Barbos <mihai.barbos@eurospider.com> writes:
> When IFS is "\n" a single n at the end of a line is dropped.
IFS="\n"
is equivalent to
IFS=n
If you want to set IFS to a single newline character use either
IFS=$'\n'
or
IFS="
"
Andreas.
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