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Re: The "set" utility outputs binary data

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From: Stephane Chazelas <stephane.chazelas@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: The "set" utility outputs binary data
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 14:46:41 +0000
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2015-12-03 15:05:58 +0100, Vincent Lefevre:
> The "set" utility outputs binary data (probably due to escape
> sequences for coloring and so on in some parameters such as
> prompts):
> 
> zira:~> set | grep ZSH
> Binary file (standard input) matches
[...]

It's the NUL byte in $IFS that's causing that.

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Stephane

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