On Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:47:17 +0200
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?

I  know this is not very constructive and may seem like a dumb question,
but isn’t \0 the end marker for C strings?  So this behaviour  might  be
expected?


-flo