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From: arisawa@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp
Subject: Re: [9fans] name=`{cat foo}
Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 12:04:44 +0900
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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Thanks Kris,
I have forgotten that!

On 2007/05/27, at 11:23, Kris Maglione wrote:

> On Sun, May 27, 2007 at 10:49:52AM +0900, arisawa@ar.aichi-u.ac.jp  
> wrote:
>> I want to have a shell variable such as:
>> 	name='abc    def'
>>
>> How to do?
>
> You could start by reading the paper or the man page.
>
> for 'abc    def':
>
> ifs='
> ' { name = `{cat foo} }
>
> for 'abc    def
> ', or 'abc    def' if you'd used 'echo -n':
>
> ifs=() { name = `{cat foo} }
>
> -- 
> Kris Maglione
>
> Bad law is more likely to be supplemented than repealed.