Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to write a shell script that will automatically let me modify
> the mail settings for sendmail.cf without having to go into the file and
> do it.
>
> I need a way to force it to echo a "tab" command, but I can't seem to find
> a way to do that. I got one mention that I should try using a prinf
> statement to print the hexidecimal value of tab, but I don't know much C
> nor can I find the hexidecimal value of tab.
>
> Can anyone tell me how I could do this, or perhaps an easier way of
> embedding the tab? Sendmail.cf requires tabs for the virtual domain
> mail forwarding. I can always export the mail forwarding config to
> another file and edit it that way, which I have on another server,
> but I'd prefer to keep it the way that it is.
>
Use the /bin/echo command instead of the shell builtin, and then use
backslash-t for tab:
/bin/echo "FOO\tBAR"
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