A few more that produce \177 in the output, though I'm not sure if these have defined output:
$ IFS=$' \t\n' # or any other IFS $ set -- '' $ recho ${v= "$*" } <$'\177'> $ IFS='' $ set -- '' '' $ recho ${v= "$*" } <$' \177 '> And also variations like the below all have \177 as well, but these I'm pretty sure are undefined: set -- '' recho ${v= $@ } recho ${v= $@"" } set -- '' '' recho ${v= $@ } recho ${v= "$@" } recho "${v= $@}" recho ${v= "$@"}