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Old 03-26-2008
How do I insert x'0D' ?
I'm directing output to a *.dat file. The first byte is a variable, the second must be a carriage-return (x'0D'). Is there a UNIX equivalent of an ASCII command that will allow me to output this byte?
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Old 03-26-2008
Nothing really easy is thoroughly standardized. Most systems these days would come with a printf(1) command. If you want to be 1970s compliant then maybe something like

Code:
echo | tr '\012' '\015'

(In case this is not obvious, a lone echo prints just a newline, and the tr converts it to something else; the codes understood by tr are, regrettably, in octal.)
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Old 03-26-2008
That did it! Thanks!
 
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