having echo problems

[kenny53067]

This is my script:

$ cat Memo20
$ twoliner="This is line 1.
> This is line 2."
$ IFS="."
$ echo "$twoliner"
This is line 1.
This is line 2.
$ echo $twoliner
This is line 1
This is line 2

As you can see I lose the . in the second echo. What do I have to do to get both echos to look the same?
I am a newbie at Linux and need help

[kdg1955]

IFS is the character to separates the text and is not displayed.
More solutions are possible:

1. Take a 'newline' as IFS (hexa value of newline is 0a).
   

   $ twoliner="This is line 1.
   > This is line 2."
   $ IFS='#0a'
   $ echo $twoliner
   This is line 1.
   This is line 2.

2. unset IFS and run 'echo -e' (see also '$ man echo')
   

   $ twoliner="This is line 1.
   > This is line 2."
   $ unset IFS
   $ echo -e $twoliner
   This is line 1.
   This is line 2.