Thanks for the suggestions
> That is very strange. Did an IFS (input field separator) variable get
> set? First I would verify that value. The following is one way:
>
> $ printf "$IFS" | od -tx1 -c
> 0000000 20 09 0a
> \t \n
That's what it says for me:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ printf "$IFS" | od -tx1 -c
0000000 20 09 0a
\t \n
0000003
> Next I would verify that 'grep' is really the grep that you think it
> should be. But I assume your whitespace statement applied to all
> commands.
>
> type grep
grep is /bin/grep
>
> Next I would check your $HOME/.bashrc file and $HOME/.bash_profile
> files for anything that might have aliases 'grep' to something else.
There's nothing in any of those files. Would be weird, too. After all I
only installed Debian yesterday ;)
I'll now try stuff like reinstalling bash or compiling it myself,
getting newer versions etc. Perhaps it'll work. :)
--Valentin
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