On 8/29/20 9:12 PM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: >> Actually, it works (portably) with >> separator2=$'\057' > > (a) $'...' is not POSIX. For instance, dash does not recognize it.
I believe it made the cut and will be in the next edition of the standard. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU c...@case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/