On Oct 25, 2000, Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there anybody here with an Ultrix who could run the script I sent?
> There are Ultrices at Cygnus, right?
Yep, got it. There you go:
nl=
tab=
space=
IFS=
foo=One line
bar=Two
lines
+ echo Direct use
Direct use
+ echo {One}
{One}
+ echo {line}
{line}
+ echo {Two
lines}
{Two
lines}
+ echo
+ echo Indirect Use with Quotes
Indirect Use with Quotes
+ : One line
+ : Two
lines
+ echo {One line}
{One line}
+ echo {Two
lines}
{Two
lines}
+ echo
+ echo Indirect Use without Quotes
Indirect Use without Quotes
+ : One line
+ : Two
lines
+ echo {One}
{One}
+ echo {line}
{line}
+ echo {Two
lines}
{Two
lines}
+ echo
+ echo NL in IFS
NL in IFS
IFS=
+ echo
+ echo Direct use
Direct use
+ echo {One}
{One}
+ echo {line}
{line}
+ echo {Two}
{Two}
+ echo {lines}
{lines}
+ echo
+ echo Indirect Use with Quotes
Indirect Use with Quotes
+ : One line
+ : Two
lines
+ echo {One line}
{One line}
+ echo {Two
lines}
{Two
lines}
+ echo
+ echo Indirect Use without Quotes
Indirect Use without Quotes
+ : One line
+ : Two lines
+ echo {One}
{One}
+ echo {line}
{line}
+ echo {Two}
{Two}
+ echo {lines}
{lines}
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