"Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
> 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.
Remember to quote the tab pressing Ctrl-V prior while inserting it.
Maybe this the reason for the sed command not working in the command
line.
Torsten
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