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Old 01-02-2015, 10:03 PM   #1
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Why cann't I find IFS variable in my system

Hello, I use centos 6.5 and when I echo $IFS, I see just a blank new line. I think is should not be this, yes? Thank you very much for your help.
 
Old 01-02-2015, 11:14 PM   #2
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The default value is space, tab and newline so echo $IFS will not display anything.

Try the following:
printf %q "$IFS"
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