LIST="one two three four five six" LIST:ts,="one,two,three,four,five,six" LIST:ts/:tu="ONE/TWO/THREE/FOUR/FIVE/SIX" LIST:ts::tu="ONE:TWO:THREE:FOUR:FIVE:SIX" LIST:ts:tu="ONETWOTHREEFOURFIVESIX" LIST:tu:ts/="ONE/TWO/THREE/FOUR/FIVE/SIX" LIST:ts:="one:two:three:four:five:six" LIST:ts="onetwothreefourfivesix" LIST:ts:S/two/2/="one2threefourfivesix" LIST:S/two/2/:ts="one2threefourfivesix" LIST:ts/:S/two/2/="one/2/three/four/five/six" Pretend the '/' in '/n' etc. below are back-slashes. LIST:ts/n="one two three four five six" LIST:ts/t="one two three four five six" LIST:ts/012:tu="ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX" LIST:ts/xa:tu="ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX" make: Bad modifier `:tx' for LIST LIST:tx="}" make: Bad modifier `:ts\X' for LIST LIST:ts/x:tu="\X:tu}" FU_mod-ts="a/b/cool" FU_mod-ts:ts:T="cool" == cool? B.${AAA:ts}="Baaa" == Baaa? exit status 0