On Tue Sep 17 10:04:20 EDT 2013, [email protected] wrote:
> Quoting dexen deVries <[email protected]>:
>
> > awk(1) says, ``[s]tring constants are quoted " ", with the usual C escapes
> > recognized within.'', but \0 seems to terminate internal string
> > reprezentation...
> >
> > so how do i output a real NUL byte?
> >
>
> Does printf not do this?
no, awk's printf does not do that:
minooka; awk 'BEGIN{printf "%c", utf(0)}' | wc
0 0 0
minooka; awk 'BEGIN{printf "%.5s", "12\034567890"}' | xd -1
0000000 31 32 1c 35 36
minooka; awk 'BEGIN{printf "%.5s", "12\0\034567890"}' | xd -1
0000000 31 32
- erik
