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envelope-from=chet.ramey@case.edu; helo=mpv1-2015.case.edu X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/08/31 10:48:43 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -64 X-Spam_score: -6.5 X-Spam_bar: ------ X-Spam_report: (-6.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, NICE_REPLY_A=-2.13, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: bug-bash@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports for the GNU Bourne Again SHell List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: <553aec57-b581-445c-fb97-a601dd209761@case.edu> X-Mailman-Original-References: Xref: csiph.com gnu.bash.bug:16879 On 8/29/20 9:12 PM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: >> Actually, it works (portably) with >> separator2=$'\057' > > (a) $'...' is not POSIX. For instance, dash does not recognize it. I believe it made the cut and will be in the next edition of the standard. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/