From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: arnold@skeeve.com
Message-Id: <201309171750.r8HHoOkI004385@freefriends.org>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 11:50:23 -0600
To: 9fans@9fans.net
References: <1482429.KLDYROpnPh@coil>
In-Reply-To: <1482429.KLDYROpnPh@coil>
User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.4 7/29/08
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Subject: Re: [9fans] how to output NUL byte from awk?
Topicbox-Message-UUID: 80535546-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025

dexen deVries <dexen.devries@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?

Tooting my own horn (sorry)

	gawk 'BEGIN { printf("\0") }'

"No arbitrary limits" in action. :-)

Arnold