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Date:      Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:52:25 +0300
From:      Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
To:        FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Getting tab character inside double quotes (shell script)
Message-ID:  <20020715095225.GJ90293@ns2.wananchi.com>

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Dear Ladies & Gentlemen,

[Being a Monday, flames are okay for those who want to vent out the weekend's hangover;-)]


I am using a small shell script to modify one of my named files, an include file.
Please give only a simple answer. This is in bash.


How do I get a tab inserted in this line:

echo "something \"$SOMEVAR\"<two tabs here>{ type master; file \"$SOMEVAR\"; };" >> $NAMEDCONF

Or is it even possible?

Thanks


-Wash

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