Date: Fri, 8 May 1998 14:58:55 -0700 (PDT) From: dima@best.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/6557: /bin/sh && IFS Message-ID: <199805082158.OAA01692@burka.rdy.com>
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>Number: 6557 >Category: bin >Synopsis: /bin/sh is broken >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri May 8 15:00:01 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Dima Ruban >Organization: Best Internet Communications, Inc. >Release: FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE i386 >Environment: Doesn't really matter. Any xBSD system. >Description: /bin/sh doesn't work as it supposed to when dealing with $IFS variable. >How-To-Repeat: Try to run this script: #!/bin/sh XXX=/1:/2:/3: IFS=: echo /0:$XXX The expected result should be: "/0 /1 /2 /3" However, with current /bin/sh it's: "/0:/1 /2 /3" >Fix: Don't have one. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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