I was just seeing printf's manpage and I saw \xNNN byte with hexadecimal value NNN (1 to 3 digits) \uNNNN character with hexadecimal value NNNN (4 digits) \UNNNNNNNN character with hexadecimal value NNNNNNNN (8 digits) I'm not sure this is right... maybe is \xNNN byte with hexadecimal value NNN (1 to 3 digits) \uNNNN character with octal (or decimal?) value NNNN (4 digits) \UNNNNNNNN character with binary value NNNNNNNN (8 digits) Greetings Andrea Leofreddi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Bug-sh-utils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-sh-utils