tech-userlevel: Variable assignment in Bourne-like shells

Subject: Variable assignment in Bourne-like shells
To: None <tech-userlevel@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Lucio de Re <lucio@proxima.alt.za>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 02/09/1998 09:30:58

I get the following, using either /bin/sh or /usr/bin/ksh:

	$ MORE="-e -x4 -i"; echo $MORE
	-x4 -i

quite unexpectedly, but, more to my taste,

	$ MORE="-x4 -e -i"; echo $MORE
	-x4 -e -i

Is this expected behaviour, or should I dig in the shell source innards 
to fix it?

-- 
Lucio de Re (lucio@proxima.alt.za)
Disclaimer: I'm working at getting my opinions to agree with me.


-- 
Lucio de Re (lucio@proxima.alt.za)
Disclaimer: I'm working at getting my opinions to agree with me.