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Do a echo '$IFS' | cat -vet to see how default value looks like in the shell.

C0deDaedalus
– C0deDaedalus

2018-04-28 09:30:24 +00:00
Commented Apr 28, 2018 at 9:30
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IFS is used by the shell for most purposes (not all), but not by other programs and specifically not by cut which was the question asked.

dave_thompson_085
– dave_thompson_085

2018-04-29 10:08:05 +00:00
Commented Apr 29, 2018 at 10:08
Unlike awk, cut also supports only one delimiter at a time, so cut -d "$IFS" will error, whereas awk -F"[ \t\n]" works as expected

JGurtz
– JGurtz

2019-10-22 01:42:23 +00:00
Commented Oct 22, 2019 at 1:42

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