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From: dexen deVries <dexen.devries@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:36:36 +0200
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Subject: Re: [9fans] how to output NUL byte from awk?
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On Tuesday 17 of September 2013 14:03:11 Kurt H Maier wrote:
> Quoting dexen deVries <dexen.devries@gmail.com>:
> > awk(1) says, ``[s]tring constants are quoted " ", with the usual C escapes
> > recognized within.'', but \0 seems to terminate internal string
> > reprezentation...
> >
> > so how do i output a real NUL byte?
>
> Does printf not do this?


thanks
i feel really dumb now ;-)


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dx