In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, writes: > > How can I output tabs with sed? > > I need something like: `s/<insert tab here>/\t' In theory, sed -e 's/<insert tab here>/ /' ^ | tab char
should work, but it doesn't. I think that bash gets in the way when you do it from the command line. However, it works if you put the sed instruction in a file and use sed -f sedfile -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://lfix.co.uk/oliver Make it idiot-proof, and someone will breed a better idiot. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .