Re: [EXT]Re: Suddenly, periods / dots in variable values are converted to space

[Chandler]

Kerin Millar wrote on 1/24/23 1:09 AM:
> Chandler <admin@genome.arizona.edu> wrote:
> > join() {
> >     IFS=. read -ra myarray ...
> >     ...
> > }
> It can't possibly have been on account of that particular example. The 
> assignment to IFS had to have been performed independently, be it within that 
> function or elsewhere.
I'm certain it was not independent, but it was doing something to remove the 
dots from ${HOSTNAME} variable I think, like:
  IFS=. ${HOSTNAME##...}

if that makes any difference?  (can't remember what was in the ...)