>>>>> "Atul" == Atul Khot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Atul> Just out of curiosity ( and to learn more ), as you say, suppose a
Atul> filename has an embedded newline in it. Referring to Mathew's solution,
Atul> can't we somehow read that as a single filename and operate on it?
Atul> Specifically, does the shell ( read builtin etc. ) provide any way to do
Atul> it?
No, because newlines are the delimiters for sh's "read" operator.
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