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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux
Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2024 07:03:31 -0000 (UTC)
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I wrote:

> If you avoid newlines in filenames, Posix shells can cope with anything
> else if you set “IFS=$'\n'”.

Sorry, no, it looks like the “$'...'” syntax for string literals is not 
from Posix, it’s a Bash-ism.

I think it’s still possible to assign a newline to $IFS, it just takes a 
bit more work.