* bob parker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030529 10:54]: > I'm using Woody with Gnu sed version 3.02 (the default). > > I want to be able to insert tab chars into the output lines eg > > sed = somefile | sed 'N;s/\n/\t/' > > just gives me the literal 't' immediately following the number at the start > of each line. > > Attempting to actually type a tab key in the place of the '\t' in the > replacement string just has the xterm barfing and I get the same result if I > log on in a real terminal. So does attempting to insert Ctrl-I.
Try typing ctrl-v before the tab. The ctrl-v allows you to insert the next character you type literally, be it tab, newline, backspace, whatever. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- http://www.debian.org/ Set your computer Free.
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