dexen deVries <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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?

Tooting my own horn (sorry)

        gawk 'BEGIN { printf("\0") }'

"No arbitrary limits" in action. :-)

Arnold

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