Re: [bug #67358] Extra space in parameter expansion with quoted strings and trailing $.

[Lawrence Velázquez]

On Sun, Jul 27, 2025, at 10:26 PM, Wiley Young wrote:
> bash(1): "If the value of IFS is null, no word splitting occurs."
>
> ~ $ IFS=$'\0'

Note that this is the same as

        IFS=

so there's no reason to use the former assignment.

Also, in the context of the shell language, "null" almost always
means "zero-length", not NUL.

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vq