On Nov 10, 2000, Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My bet is that IFS splitting is not performed because
> `: ${French="$french"}' sets the 8bit.
And would this bit be retained in the substitution for echo? I've
tried both cat -v and od, and there's no difference between the quoted
and unquoted versions.
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