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Old 11-05-2012
[Solved] SED - Bash - Inserting multi Tab character in the command
Hello.
I am using :
Code:
sed -i -e '/§name_script§/a#'"${MY_TAB11}"'# \
#'"${MY_TAB1}"'The Standard way'"${MY_TAB7}"'# \
#'"${MY_TAB1}"'==============='"${MY_TAB7}"'# \ ' "$CUR_FILE"

Is there a better way to define "MY_TAB7","MY_TAB11" in other way than :
Code:
MY_TAB1=$'\t'
MY_TAB2=${MY_TAB1}$'\t'
MY_TAB3=${MY_TAB2}$'\t'
MY_TAB4=${MY_TAB3}$'\t'
MY_TAB5=${MY_TAB4}$'\t'
MY_TAB6=${MY_TAB5}$'\t'
MY_TAB7=${MY_TAB6}$'\t'
MY_TAB8=${MY_TAB7}$'\t'
MY_TAB9=${MY_TAB8}$'\t'
MY_TAB10=${MY_TAB9}$'\t'
MY_TAB11=${MY_TAB10}$'\t'
MY_TAB12=${MY_TAB11}$'\t'

# 2  
Old 11-05-2012
One way:
Code:
MY_TAB12=$(printf '\t%.0s' {1..12})
echo -n "$MY_TAB12"|od -c
0000000  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t  \t
0000014

Last edited by elixir_sinari; 11-05-2012 at 05:47 AM..
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Old 11-21-2012
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