Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> +Posix requires @command{tr} to operate on binary files. But at least
> +Solaris @command{/usr/ucb/tr} still fails to handle @samp{\0} as the
> +octal escape for @code{NUL}.
Those historic implementations just drop NUL characters from the input,
see
<http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/tr.html#tag_04_145_18>.
Andreas.
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