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What is the exact meaning of IFS=$'\n'?

If the following example, which sets the IFS environment variable to a line feed character... IFS=$'\n' What does …

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What does IFS= do in this bash loop: `cat file | while IFS= read -r line; do ... done`

I'm learning bash and I saw this construction: cat file | while IFS= read -r line; do ... done Can anyone explain …

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shell - temp IFS as newline only. Why doesn't this work: IFS=$(echo -e '\n')

I'm trying to use for in the shell to iterate over filenames with spaces. I read in a stackoverflow question …

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Trying to split a string into two variables

I'm trying to split a string into two variables (without having to use a while loop): var="hello:world" IFS=…

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When do I set IFS to a newline in Bash?

I thought setting IFS to $'\n' would help me in reading an entire file into an array, as in: …

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Split string using 2 different delimiters in Bash

I am trying to split a string in BASH based on 2 delimiters - Space and the \. This is the string:…

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