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Confusion about IFS Variable
Post 302172639 by fpmurphy on Tuesday 4th of March 2008 10:39:34 AM
03-04-2008
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let(1) User Commands let(1) NAME
let - shell built-in function to evaluate one or more arithmetic expressions SYNOPSIS
ksh let arg... DESCRIPTION
ksh Each arg is a separate "arithmetic expression" to be evaluated. EXIT STATUS
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