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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Variable assignments specified with eval shell built-in Post 302486411 by fpmurphy on Saturday 8th of January 2011 10:58:21 AM
Old 01-08-2011
and for ksh93
Code:
 original: IFS is 0000000  111 106 123 075 044 047 040 134 164 134 156 047 012
           I   F   S   =   $   '       \   t   \   n   '
0000015
 before loop: IFS is 0000000  111 106 123 075 044 047 134 156 047 012
           I   F   S   =   $   '   \   n   '
0000012
a
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 after loop:  IFS is 0000000  111 106 123 075 044 047 134 156 047 012
           I   F   S   =   $   '   \   n   '

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ascii

ascii(7)						 Miscellaneous Information Manual						  ascii(7)

Name
       ascii - map of ASCII character set

Syntax
       cat /usr/pub/ascii

Description
       The file is a map of the ASCII character set, to be printed as needed.  It contains:
       |000 nul|001 soh|002 stx|003 etx|004 eot|005 enq|006 ack|007 bel|
       |010 bs |011 ht |012 nl |013 vt |014 np |015 cr |016 so |017 si |
       |020 dle|021 dc1|022 dc2|023 dc3|024 dc4|025 nak|026 syn|027 etb|
       |030 can|031 em |032 sub|033 esc|034 fs |035 gs |036 rs |037 us |
       |040 sp |041  ! |042  " |043  # |044  $ |045  % |046  & |047  ' |
       |050  ( |051  ) |052  * |053  + |054  , |055  - |056  . |057  / |
       |060  0 |061  1 |062  2 |063  3 |064  4 |065  5 |066  6 |067  7 |
       |070  8 |071  9 |072  : |073  ; |074  < |075  = |076  > |077  ? |
       |100  @ |101  A |102  B |103  C |104  D |105  E |106  F |107  G |
       |110  H |111  I |112  J |113  K |114  L |115  M |116  N |117  O |
       |120  P |121  Q |122  R |123  S |124  T |125  U |126  V |127  W |
       |130  X |131  Y |132  Z |133  [ |134   |135  ] |136  ^ |137  _ |
       |140  ` |141  a |142  b |143  c |144  d |145  e |146  f |147  g |
       |150  h |151  i |152  j |153  k |154  l |155  m |156  n |157  o |
       |160  p |161  q |162  r |163  s |164  t |165  u |166  v |167  w |
       |170  x |171  y |172  z |173  { |174  | |175  } |176  ~ |177 del|

       | 00 nul| 01 soh| 02 stx| 03 etx| 04 eot| 05 enq| 06 ack| 07 bel|
       | 08 bs | 09 ht | 0a nl | 0b vt | 0c np | 0d cr | 0e so | 0f si |
       | 10 dle| 11 dc1| 12 dc2| 13 dc3| 14 dc4| 15 nak| 16 syn| 17 etb|
       | 18 can| 19 em | 1a sub| 1b esc| 1c fs | 1d gs | 1e rs | 1f us |
       | 20 sp | 21  ! | 22  " | 23  # | 24  $ | 25  % | 26  & | 27  ' |
       | 28  ( | 29  ) | 2a  * | 2b  + | 2c  , | 2d  - | 2e  . | 2f  / |
       | 30  0 | 31  1 | 32  2 | 33  3 | 34  4 | 35  5 | 36  6 | 37  7 |
       | 38  8 | 39  9 | 3a  : | 3b  ; | 3c  < | 3d  = | 3e  > | 3f  ? |
       | 40  @ | 41  A | 42  B | 43  C | 44  D | 45  E | 46  F | 47  G |
       | 48  H | 49  I | 4a  J | 4b  K | 4c  L | 4d  M | 4e  N | 4f  O |
       | 50  P | 51  Q | 52  R | 53  S | 54  T | 55  U | 56  V | 57  W |
       | 58  X | 59  Y | 5a  Z | 5b  [ | 5c   | 5d  ] | 5e  ^ | 5f  _ |
       | 60  ` | 61  a | 62  b | 63  c | 64  d | 65  e | 66  f | 67  g |
       | 68  h | 69  i | 6a  j | 6b  k | 6c  l | 6d  m | 6e  n | 6f  o |
       | 70  p | 71  q | 72  r | 73  s | 74  t | 75  u | 76  v | 77  w |
       | 78  x | 79  y | 7a  z | 7b  { | 7c  | | 7d  } | 7e  ~ | 7f del|

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