Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 22:40:01 -0800 (PST) From: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/2803: /bin/sh 'for' statement vs IFS setting problem Message-ID: <199702230640.WAA23740@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/2803; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com>
To: Mike Pritchard <mpp@freefall.freebsd.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/2803: /bin/sh 'for' statement vs IFS setting problem
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 21:31:34 -0800
Mike Pritchard <mpp@freefall.freebsd.org> wrote:
> 3)
> IFS=' :'
> xxx=a:b:C
> for tok in $xxx
> do
> echo $tok
> done
Ahhh...that looks a little less expensive than my workarounds...
> For the record, under 3.0, every shell I tried, ksh, sh and bash
> all work this way. Does this work the same way on other operating
> systems? E.g. Sunos/Solaris, or some other SYSv variety?
Well...here's a few...
basil: IRIX basil 5.2 02282013 IP12 mips
basil: a
basil: b
basil: c
basil: d
basil: e
basil: f
deck: OSF1 deck.statsci.com V3.2 17 alpha
deck: a
deck: b
deck: c
deck: d
deck: e
deck: f
hoki: HP-UX hoki B.08.00 A 9000/42E 08000917b2cd
hoki: a
hoki: b
hoki: c
hoki: d
hoki: e
hoki: f
mace: HP-UX mace A.09.05 A 9000/710 2012684354 two-user license
mace: a
mace: b
mace: c
mace: d
mace: e
mace: f
main: SunOS main 5.3 Generic sun4m sparc
main: a
main: b
main: c
main: d
main: e
main: f
spud: SunOS spud 4.1.1 7 sun4c
spud: a
spud: b
spud: c
spud: d
spud: e
spud: f
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