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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Splitting in shell (bash)
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 01:25:49 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:51:58 -0000 (UTC), Lem Novantotto wrote:

> But you could have more using IFS.

IFS is the way to go.

If you want your change to IFS to be only temporary, you can restrict it 
to a subshell by putting the code sequence in “( ... )”. But then you 
cannot pass variables back to the parent shell.

Another option is to use a coproc command.