Re: [EXT]Re: Suddenly, periods / dots in variable values are converted to space

[Chandler]

Greg Wooledge wrote on 1/23/23 3:08 PM:
> 1) You forgot to quote.
> 2) You have somehow managed to set IFS to a value which contains .
> To fix this:
> 1) Use quotes when they are needed.  less "$File1" will suppress all
>     IFS-based splitting.
> 2) IFS=$' \t\n' or unset IFS
I see... I've gotten into some bad habits then, I guess!
Yes, found some bad code setting IFS=. for some reason, fixed!
Thank you!