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# 8  
Old 07-04-2008
Got once this from PHV (tek-tips):

Code:
VAR="\t"
echo "SusanAppleton"| sed 's/A/'${VAR}A'/g'
Susan   Appleton

# 9  
Old 07-04-2008
Wow! That worked! What does Ctrl-V mean/do????
And thank you, everyone! Smilie
# 10  
Old 07-06-2008
Ctrl-V means to interpret the next character entered literally, i.e. not attempt to perform any special functions such as tab-completion.
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