In the last episode (Apr 13), Ryan Maclear said: > I haven't really been following this thread, and I'm not sure if this > has been posted here already. Appologies if this has been already. > > To usually get a <tab> to be echoed, you can use > > echo -e "a\tb"
The echo command doesn't take a -e option. Your shell's echo builtin may or may not, but for portability, you have to assume it doesn't. Use the printf command if you want fancy formatting. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"