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From: moose@svc.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: How do I quote a TAB to the shell?
Message-ID: <1990Aug19.212441.2507@svc.portal.com>
Date: 19 Aug 90 21:24:41 GMT
References: <1990Aug17.203801.2379@midway.uchicago.edu>
Organization: Software Venture
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In article <1990Aug17.203801.2379@midway.uchicago.edu> phd_ivo@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
>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

ctrl-V will allow you to embed anything you want, so hit ctrl-V tab.  You can
also use this to embed form-feeds in rn so people don't have to look at others
signatures if they don't want to.



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