Steffen Nurpmeso wrote in <20240822222119.ijDODf_7@steffen%sdaoden.eu>: | IFS="\012"; echo "$*"$*; a $* "$*"; ... | -a\b\ca b c (you all realize it is because of the bogus assumption that octal is expanded within "" when setting $IFS; i have had $'', but released dash etc do not support that yet, so i did that.) ... --End of <20240822222119.ijDODf_7@steffen%sdaoden.eu> --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)