Changing the IFS in sh.

[Shaun McCullagh CMP RA]

Hi,

I know how to change the IFS in the Bourne Shell to "::", say,
BUT I would like to change it from "<space><tab><newline>"
to "<newline>". Is this possible ? I've tried IFS="\013"
& IFS="\n" to no avail.

I be grateful if somebody could tell me as I have to write scripts
that handle directories & filenames containing one or more
space chars..

Thanx in advance.

Please mail me direct.


Shaun McCullagh.,
East Anglia Uni.,
Norwich
England

sm at sys.uea.ac.uk