[ILUG] Spaces in arguments in a bash for loop

[Mark McLoughlin]

> o  Try setting IFS (inter-field separator or something) to _not_
>    include a space.  Then word splitting will not happen at spaces.
>    Something like
> 
>       OLDIFS=$IFS IFS='\n' for i in `stuff with CR & spaces` ; do
>          echo $i
>       done
>       IFS=$OLDIFS
> 
>    This doesn't work as-is...

That's what I'd say too but, the bit that doesn't work is

IFS='\n'

I always got around this with

IFS='
'

But that's crap, anyone know another way?

Mark