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Re: printf "%q" and $'...'


From: Andreas Schwab
Subject: Re: printf "%q" and $'...'
Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:13:37 +0100
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Antonio Macchi <antonio_macchi@alice.it> writes:

>> $ printf "\x00\n" | cat -A
>> ^@
>
> it works, so why...
>
> $ printf $'\x00' | cat -A
> $
>
> ... not?

The answer is in the part you neglected to read.

Andreas.

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