05-01-2009
- How long is each fixed-length record (excluding the trailing linefeed)?
- It the data solely ASCII text (i.e. no control codes except of course the linefeeds)?
- What shell do you use (e.g. ksh , bash etc.)?
- What "echo" syntax does your shell use to not output a newline (e.g. "echo -n" or some other method).
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