Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!midway!news From: phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: How do I quote a TAB to the shell? Message-ID: <1990Aug17.203801.2379@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 17 Aug 90 19:37:38 GMT Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago Graduate School of Business Lines: 5 I would like to pass a TAB to the sort program to indicate the field separation character. Unfortunately, csh converts the TAB into 8 spaces (I have checked). How do I disable this feature? /ivo welch ivo@next.agsm.ucla.edu