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From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com>
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Subject: /usr/bin/printf & printing escaped characters
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i was trying to print escaped characters (\n & \t), but couldn't...

# /usr/bin/printf %s "\tpolka dot\n"
\tpolka dot\n

...despite having listed in the man page...

 Character escape sequences are in backslash notation as defined in the
 ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C'').  The characters and their meanings are as
 follows:

       \a      Write a <bell> character.
       \b      Write a <backspace> character.
       \f      Write a <form-feed> character.
       \n      Write a <new-line> character.
       \r      Write a <carriage return> character.
       \t      Write a <tab> character.
       \v      Write a <vertical tab> character.
       \'      Write a <single quote> character.
       \\      Write a backslash character.
       \num    Write an 8-bit character whose ASCII value is the 1-, 2-,
               or 3-digit octal number num.

...i didn't see anything else in there.  what am i missing?

and using awk for this is just plain sick & twisted.

  - parv

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