On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:47 AM, Patrick Shanahan
* Brian K. White
[09-04-08 06:35]: Becomes this:
DONE=false until $DONE ;do IFS="" read || DONE=true [...] done <infile >outfile
Shouldn't you clean-up after yourself and reset the $IFS to it's expected value?
I don't normally bother. When the batch script ends, all the local
variables will go away anyway.
FYI: Not true if the script is invoked via the '.' operator.
ie. .