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Explain the behavior of the following shell script: $ cat quote_demo twoliner="This is line 1. This is line 2." echo "$twoliner" echo "$twoliner" a. How many arguments does each echo command see in this script? Explain. b. Redefine the IFS shell variable so that the output of the second echo is the same as the first.

Name: explain the behavior of the following shell script cat quotedemo twolinerthis is line 1 this is line 2 echo twoliner echo twoliner ahow many arguments does each echo command see in this scr 32755
Uploaded: 2023-11-20T05:40:57-08:00
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Description: explain the behavior of the following shell script cat quotedemo twolinerthis is line 1 this is line 2 echo twoliner echo twoliner ahow many arguments does each echo command see in this scr 32755

          Explain the behavior of the following shell script:
$ cat quote_demo
twoliner="This is line 1.
This is line 2."
echo "$twoliner"
echo "$twoliner"
a. How many arguments does each echo command see in this script? Explain.
b. Redefine the IFS shell variable so that the output of the second echo is the same as the first.

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Computer Science and Information Technology

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Solved by Expert Akash M

11/20/2023

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The shell script `quote_demo` contains the following lines: ``` twoliner="This is line 1. This is line 2." echo "$twoliner" echo $twoliner ``` Show more…

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Explain the behavior of the following shell script: $ cat quote_demo twoliner="This is line 1. This is line 2." echo "$twoliner" echo "$twoliner" a. How many arguments does each echo command see in this script? Explain. b. Redefine the IFS shell variable so that the output of the second echo is the same as the first.