On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Craig Ringer wrote: > > cut -d "\t" > > Didn't work under bash: > > craig at albert:~$ echo "\t" > \t > craig at albert:~$ echo '\t' > \t Craig, neither bash nor cut recognise such escape sequences. But see echo(1) man page, and the '-e' option. e.g. % echo -e '\t' -- You ain't seen nothing yet. - Miguel de Cervantes