From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19947 invoked by alias); 24 Mar 2013 02:02:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: X-Seq: 17730 Received: (qmail 28995 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2013 02:02:01 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=no version=3.3.2 Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at _netblocks.google.com designates 209.85.210.177 as permitted sender) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=Vm5IxALrTXLmzOpY497AYHa2O66u9q0zc1dtRw13L7k=; b=iSdixNks86zKia64mdM+T4UF7GJ/sYJDd5WAR1iOzDU4yXEraLNoC911GabuFLiPrc HF3D/Pp59EJ6i0nSNLtkF9gkDdLp+YFD9nHFtKxFbiL7r3s0Dd1M7YDj8RAAWI/0RnuV PByRA+A+kDi6YCSIuX7fEX/RmJ2iytFwMExcSPG6+H5owKRovvK2UPPzzLL9LCI1iCOv DVqINvI5NuLXDBqX1F3aB4HozT1VmdhL0Qp4+yZItGDlnH0nKNUjKVTT/hnY2m4G0QYC lqyWMG2SjWVvMbDrtL6DM8MPTQlLEFQCnZHvGO9Wiz+t/MI3FAS+jJi8DV4SjQkW45gX SrSw== X-Received: by 10.50.49.83 with SMTP id s19mr4656066ign.47.1364090516013; Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:01:56 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: TJ Luoma Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 22:01:14 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: why isn't IFS=$'\n' doing what I expect it to do here? To: Zsh-Users List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I don't understand why IFS=$'\n' doesn't seem to be doing what I'd expect here: $ cat test-arrays.zsh IFS=$'\n' APPS=( Alfred 2 Bartender ddnsa Fantastical Flycut HazelHelper MagiCal MenuBarFilter Mountain Should I Sleep SizeUp Trickster ) echo "5 is: $APPS[5]" for f in $APPS do echo ">$f<" done (Result of the command is) 5 is: Fantastical >Alfred< >2< >Bartender< >ddnsa< >Fantastical< >Flycut< >HazelHelper< >MagiCal< >MenuBarFilter< >Mountain< >Should< >I< >Sleep< >SizeUp< >Trickster< I thought that IFS=$'\n' would make it so I didn't have to escape the spaces in the lines which had them. If I take OUT the IFS line and escape the spaces, it works as I'd expect APPS=( Alfred\ 2 Bartender ddnsa Fantastical Flycut HazelHelper MagiCal MenuBarFilter Mountain Should\ I\ Sleep SizeUp Trickster ) echo "5 is: $APPS[5]" for f in $APPS do echo ">$f<" done (Result of the command is) 5 is: Flycut >Alfred 2< >Bartender< >ddnsa< >Fantastical< >Flycut< >HazelHelper< >MagiCal< >MenuBarFilter< >Mountain< >Should I Sleep< >SizeUp< >Trickster<