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Re: ls gets confused by IFS environment variable
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Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
Re: ls gets confused by IFS environment variable |
Date: |
Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:10:09 +0100 |
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Elmar Stellnberger <address@hidden> writes:
> LS gets confused as soon as the IFS environment variable only contains
> control characters.
The ls program does not use the IFS environment variable in any way.
> # IFS contains an NL only:
>> bash
>> IFS=$(echo -e "\n")
>> ls
> /bin/ls: Ungültige Option --
> „/bin/ls --help“ gibt weitere Informationen.
Try running /bin/ls directly, you problably have a shell alias or function
with the name `ls', which depends on proper word splitting.
> Why has IFS an influence on "ls" at all?
It hasn't.
Andreas.
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