From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 15 5:26:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B5F637B400 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 05:26:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from topaz.mdcc.cx (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3EDD43E31 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 05:26:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from k7.mavetju (topaz.mdcc.cx [212.204.230.141]) by topaz.mdcc.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 204092B8D3; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 14:26:37 +0200 (CEST) Received: by k7.mavetju (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D76156A711E; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:26:29 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:26:29 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Odhiambo Washington Cc: FBSD-Q Subject: Re: Getting tab character inside double quotes (shell script) Message-ID: <20020715122629.GF577@k7.mavetju> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , Odhiambo Washington , FBSD-Q References: <20020715095225.GJ90293@ns2.wananchi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020715095225.GJ90293@ns2.wananchi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: bash$ :(){ :|:&};: | http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message