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Old 07-03-2008
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sed imbed a tab
I'm using OpenBSD 4.3 & ksh (pdksh) default shell.
I'm trying to use sed to insert a tab into a text file with no luck.
Code:
$ sed 's/SusanAppleton/Susan\o011Appleton/' myFile.txt
Susano011Appleton
$ sed 's/SusanAppleton/Susan\tAppleton/' myFile.txt
SusantAppleton
I'm close to suicide here. Please help