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Subject: Re: [9fans] rc scripts,
 how to get spaces in array elements generated by command output?
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On Sat, Jan 5, 2019, at 11:52 PM, Anthony Martin wrote:
> You need to change the input field separator, $ifs.

Yep, that was the only way to do it for a long time.
There is now a patch for a shortcut:
var=`"{cmd}

The patch is incorporated in current 9front.  Example run:

term% foo=`"{echo a b c}; echo $foo(1)
a b c