On Nov 14, 2000, Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>> "Alexandre" == Alexandre Oliva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Alexandre> On Nov 10, 2000, Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> My bet is that IFS splitting is not performed because `:
>>> ${French="$french"}' sets the 8bit.
Alexandre> And would this bit be retained in the substitution for
Alexandre> echo? I've tried both cat -v and od, and there's no
Alexandre> difference between the quoted and unquoted versions.
> Ah ah! That's a nice idea! So how about trying to avoid echo?
That worked. And, to my surprise, both tests have shown odd
characters in list2, which means your suspicion was correct: the
quotes cause the 8th bit to be set. Now what?
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