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# IFS='character'

examples

# IFS='\n'
# for f in `cat list.txt`;do echo $f;done;
abc def geh.txt
abc def.txt

# IFS=' '
# for f in `cat list.txt`;do echo $f;done;
abc
def
geh.txt
abc
def.txt

 Note:

following also tested to work (bash specific??)

# IFS=$'\n'