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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2017 20:30:12 +0200
From: Antons Suspans <antox@ml.lv>
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Subject: Re: [9front] '\n' equivalent for command input
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On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 04:05:02PM -0200, Micael Ramos wrote:
> There is another representation for newline other than '\n' for standard input?
> 
> When running commands, '\n' is never recognized. Example:
> 
> tr '\n' 'newline' < text.txt
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Micael.

In rc shell you can use a literal linefeed, too:

tr '
' n

or store it in a variable instead:

lf = '
'
echo foo^$lf^bar^$lf^baz