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Date:      Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:26:29 +1000
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com>
Cc:        FBSD-Q <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Getting tab character inside double quotes (shell script)
Message-ID:  <20020715122629.GF577@k7.mavetju>
In-Reply-To: <20020715095225.GJ90293@ns2.wananchi.com>
References:  <20020715095225.GJ90293@ns2.wananchi.com>

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On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 12:52:25PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
> 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:

In vi: ^V and tab.

Or if you want a hexadecimal number: ^X and then the hex number.

Edwin

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