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From: wescott@Columbia.NCR.COM (Mike Wescott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ncr
Subject: Re: Date Error on 4920 and 4940 Terminals
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Date: 20 Mar 90 22:00:09 GMT
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In article <195@fdls.UUCP> dougw@fdls.UUCP (Doug Walker) writes:
>   set `date '+%d %m %y %M %H'`
>   echo "^[^A^M$1^N$2^O$319^U$4^V$5^_"
> 
> The ^'s represent a CTRL v typed in vi.

Control characters can be handled by echo in much the same way as
in C:

	echo "\033\001\r$1\016$2\017$319\025$4\026$5\037"

or even better, avoid the echo altogether:

	date "+^[^A^M%d^N%m^O%y19^U%M^V%H^_"


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	-Mike Wescott
	 mike.wescott@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM