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Old 12-18-2015
Bash - Inserting non printable character(s) in string variable

Hello.
I have a string variable named L_TEMP to test a very simple filter.
L_TEMP="50AwL.|KWp9jk"
I want to insert a non printable character [ 0x00 - 0x1F ] between K and W.
I have try this :
Code:
linux-g65k:~ # a='50AwL.|K'
linux-g65k:~ # b='Wp9jk'
linux-g65k:~ # L_TEMP="$a$'\x07'$b"
linux-g65k:~ # echo "PATTERN : $L_TEMP"
PATTERN : 50AwL.|K$'\x07'Wp9jk
linux-g65k:~ # L_TEMP_TEST=$(echo "$L_TEMP"  | grep -E "[[:print:]]")
linux-g65k:~ # echo $L_TEMP_TEST
50AwL.|K$'\x07'Wp9jk
linux-g65k:~ # 
linux-g65k:~ #

The result should be :
Code:
linux-g65k:~ # a='50AwL.|K'
linux-g65k:~ # b='Wp9jk'
linux-g65k:~ # L_TEMP="$a$'\x07'$b"
linux-g65k:~ # echo "PATTERN : $L_TEMP"
PATTERN : 50AwL.|KWp9jk
linux-g65k:~ # L_TEMP_TEST=$(echo "$L_TEMP"  | grep -E "[[:print:]]")
linux-g65k:~ # echo $L_TEMP_TEST

linux-g65k:~ # 
linux-g65k:~ #

Any help is welcome
 

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