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Re: Variable var names

From Frank Winkler <usenet@f.winkler-ka.de>
Newsgroups comp.unix.shell
Subject Re: Variable var names
Date 2026-06-12 14:07 +0200
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References <n91qs8Fk65fU1@mid.individual.net> <spaces-20260612122522@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <dots-20260612123818@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de>

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On 12.06.2026 13:38, Stefan Ram wrote:

  >> |x with leading and trailing spaces stripped. The shell, not echo!

Sure - and that's why I also quoted the variable, which should keep the 
blanks - shouldn't it?

  >   . So, the behavior of IFS probably is due to the dots "." used.
No, it's not. I just added the dots here to clarify that the blanks get 
lost.

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Variable var names Frank Winkler <usenet@f.winkler-ka.de> - 2026-06-12 09:30 +0200
  Re: Variable var names gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-06-12 09:02 +0000
    Re: Variable var names Frank Winkler <usenet@f.winkler-ka.de> - 2026-06-13 12:29 +0200
      Re: Variable var names gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-06-13 11:14 +0000
      Re: Variable var names Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-13 13:15 +0200
  Re: Variable var names ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-06-12 11:26 +0000
    Re: Variable var names ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-06-12 11:38 +0000
      Re: Variable var names Frank Winkler <usenet@f.winkler-ka.de> - 2026-06-12 14:07 +0200
        Re: Variable var names ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-06-12 12:31 +0000
          Re: Variable var names Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-13 02:48 +0000
  Re: Variable var names Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2026-06-12 12:12 +0000
    Re: Variable var names Frank Winkler <usenet@f.winkler-ka.de> - 2026-06-12 15:19 +0200
    Re: Variable var names Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-13 02:51 +0000
  Re: Variable var names Geoff Clare <geoff@clare.See-My-Signature.invalid> - 2026-06-12 13:42 +0100
  Re: Variable var names Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-12 17:41 +0200
    Re: Variable var names Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-12 17:54 +0200
    Re: Variable var names Frank Winkler <usenet@f.winkler-ka.de> - 2026-06-13 12:32 +0200
      Re: Variable var names Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-14 01:12 +0000
  Re: Variable var names Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-06-13 00:20 +0000
  Re: Variable var names Kaz Kylheku <046-301-5902@kylheku.com> - 2026-06-23 21:25 +0000
    Re: Variable var names Helmut Waitzmann <nn.throttle@erine.email> - 2026-06-24 10:45 +0200
    Re: Variable var names Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> - 2026-06-24 11:41 +0000

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