Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 01:16:23 -0500 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1016613546.2a263a@mired.org> Cc: f-q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: /usr/bin/printf & printing escaped characters Message-ID: <20020316061622.GA21757@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <15505.45865.551648.353554@guru.mired.org> References: <20020315080839.GA18963@moo.holy.cow> <15505.45865.551648.353554@guru.mired.org>
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in message <15505.45865.551648.353554@guru.mired.org>, wrote Mike Meyer thusly... > > In <20020315080839.GA18963@moo.holy.cow>, parv <parv_@yahoo.com> typed: > > i was trying to print escaped characters (\n & \t), but couldn't... > > > > # /usr/bin/printf %s "\tpolka dot\n" > > \tpolka dot\n ... > > what am i missing? > > That you can't escape characters in a string brought in via %s? > Putting the \n & \t in the format works fine for me. > > guru% printf "\t%s\n" "polka dot" > polka dot thanks mike, that did it. i would have replaced all the echo's w/ /usr/bin/printfs in my shell scripts if that had worked like the way printf works in (g)awk; now i find myself in no any particular hurry. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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