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02-22-2005

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IFS changing the variable value

Hi,

I have a while read loop that reads files in a directory and process. The files have spaces in between, so I have the IFS=\n to to read the whole line as one file name.

The read works fine but I have a problem with another variable that I set in the beginning of the script. The variable holds the value of a directory like below

EXPDIR=/mila_nfs/edi/tecsys/test/export

After I change the IFS to \n the EXPDIR value gets changed to
/mila_ fs/edi/tecsys/test/export. See the space after /mila_ and I don't see the 'n'.

What is the solution to retain the value of the EXPDIR. I tried to assign the whole directory name again after the IFS but it is beraking again.

I am working on a Linux redhat enterprise edition 2.4.9

Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks.

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