Problem with sh/ksh quoting

[q.p.liu]

In article <4101 at awdprime.UUCP> tif at doorstop.austin.ibm.com (Paul Chamberlain) writes:
>
>I couldn't figure out how to get eval to work like this:
>
>	eval for word in $line
>	...
>
you hafta do this:

	eval "for word in $line; do echo \$word; done"

works for bash and sh, don't have a ksh to try it on.

>I'm gonna start calling myself "The Shell Answer-man".

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