Dunno why 152 doesn't work... I get the same
socks:/vm/libcam/327/09# echo "\152" \152
152 octal should be a j when echoed.
However, a lower value does work... As reported by od socks:/vm/libcam/327/09# echo "\005"
socks:/vm/libcam/327/09# echo "\005" | od 0000000 005005 0000002
Explaination anyone?
From "man bash" <ouch!>
echo [-neE] [arg ...]
Output the args, separated by spaces, followed by a newline. The return status is always 0. If -n is specified, the trailing newline is suppressed. If the -e option is given, interpretation of the following backslash-escaped characters is enabled.
echo -e '\152'
# echo -e '\152' j
Cheers, Rex
