On Tue, May 05, 1998 at 02:43:16PM -0400, Jason 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.
In the shell you can echo a character by its decimal value. Check out
'man bash' and search for 'echo'. It tells you there how to do it. But
to echo your tab, try something like this:
echo -e '|\t|'
>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.
Just to pick a nit, it's spelled "hexadecimal", not "hexidecimal".
^ ^
To solve this problem, check out "man ascii".
Fred
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