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RE: please advice

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From: "Andrej Borsenkow" <Andrej.Borsenkow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Mircea Damian" <dmircea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Sven Wischnowsky" <wischnow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: please advice
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 16:16:14 +0400
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>
> I don't see what can be wrong if I use word splitting on that
> variable(btw,
> word splitting is done by using WORDCHARS or just white
> spaces?).. is there
> somewhere an impediment for that?
>

 Shell wordsplitting is using the value of IFS parameter. It should be
compatible with current Unix standards (POSIX, XPG, SUS etc).

What is the meaning of "impediment"?

-andrej

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