Re: files and directories with spaces in bash script

[Cedric <cedric@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Karthik Vishwanath wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007, at 5:52pm, Robin Doer wrote to 
> karthikv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
> > Karthik Vishwanath schrieb:
> > > #!/bin/bash
> > > # set_idv3_tags.sh
> >
> > IFS=\n # Not tested!!!
>
> Tried all variants:
> IFS=\n
> IFS="\n"
> IFS='\n'
> IFS='
> '
>
>
> They don't work.
try this variant:
IFS=$'\n'

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