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Old 01-27-2015
I'm afraid that any variation of
Code:
printf '%s' "string"

messes up all the 'display'.
And i dont want to use eval to get the colors prints properly, as i dont want to execute other possible variables placed as output. (See 5th post - 1st -enlared post to it)

Sorry I forgot to add solved.
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OBEX_TEST(1)							   User commands						      OBEX_TEST(1)

NAME
obex_test - interactive test application for the openobex library SYNOPSIS
obex_test [[-s port] | [-r port] | [-i] | [-b [address] [channel]] | [-u interface]] DESCRIPTION
obex_test is a test application for the openobex library. It uses an interactive mode but the access method is selcted with command line arguments. This program is designed to be an example application for the openobex library. OPTIONS
-s This is the default. It selects cable obex. The port argument is optional (default: /dev/ttyS0) -r Select cable obex for the Ericsson R320 mobile phone. The port argument is optional (default: /dev/ttyS0) -i Select obex over IrDA. -b Select obex over bluetooth. Both, address and channel are actually optional. Default channel is 4, default address is ANY. -u Select usb obex (CDC). If the interface argument is omitted, a list of available interface is written to stdout. INTERACTIVE MODE
: COMMANDS c connect to the remote side (client mode) d disconnect from the remote side g issue a GET request p issue a PUT request q quit the program s go into server mode t change the path on the remote side x issue a PUSH request AUTHOR
Hendrik Sattler <post@hendrik-sattler.de> initial version of manpage openobex 1.4 2008-11-23 OBEX_TEST(1)