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| Started by | Bize Ma <binaryzebra@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2018-08-13 11:51 -0400 |
| Last post | 2018-08-13 11:51 -0400 |
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Assignment of $* to a var removes spaces on unset IFS. Bize Ma <binaryzebra@gmail.com> - 2018-08-13 11:51 -0400
| From | Bize Ma <binaryzebra@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2018-08-13 11:51 -0400 |
| Subject | Assignment of $* to a var removes spaces on unset IFS. |
| Message-ID | <mailman.5062.1534175473.1292.bug-bash@gnu.org> |
Executing this code:
set -- " foo " " bar baz " " quux "
unset IFS
a=$*
b="$*"
printf '[%s]' "$a" "$b"; echo
Leads to this results in several shells:
ash : [ foo bar baz quux ][ foo bar baz
quux ]
dash : [ foo bar baz quux ][ foo bar baz
quux ]
b205sh : [ foo bar baz quux ][ foo bar baz
quux ]
b30sh : [ foo bar baz quux ][ foo bar baz
quux ]
b32sh : [ foo bar baz quux ][ foo bar baz
quux ]
b41sh : [ foo bar baz quux ][ foo bar baz
quux ]
b42sh : [ foo bar baz quux ][ foo bar baz
quux ]
b43sh : [foo bar baz quux][ foo bar baz quux ]
b44sh : [foo bar baz quux][ foo bar baz quux ]
bash : [foo bar baz quux][ foo bar baz quux ]
posixbash : [foo bar baz quux][ foo bar baz quux ]
lksh : [ foo bar baz quux ][ foo bar baz
quux ]
mksh : [ foo bar baz quux ][ foo bar baz
quux ]
ksh93 : [ foo bar baz quux ][ foo bar baz
quux ]
attsh : [ foo bar baz quux ][ foo bar baz
quux ]
zsh : [ foo bar baz quux ][ foo bar baz
quux ]
Bash since 4.3 fails to follow what the documentation describes as that on
an assignment
values do not undergo splitting or globing.
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