ctrl (was: end of line character)

[Maarten Litmaath]

guy at auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
\...
\>	cr="`ctrl M`"
\
\You forgot to supply the "ctrl" command - it's not a standard part of S5
\(I couldn't find it, anyway). [...]

comp.sources.unix, april this year.

CTRL(1)                   USER COMMANDS                   CTRL(1)



NAME
     ctrl, unesc - translate printable characters to
                    corresponding control characters
     esc, bell, beep - generate ESC and BEL characters

SYNOPSIS
     ctrl string
     unesc symbolic escape sequence
     esc
     bell [ count ]
     beep [ count ]

DESCRIPTION
     The use of ctrl in all its forms is  to  avoid  real  escape
     sequences in ordinary ASCII files, e.g.  .login.

EXAMPLES
     unesc '^[[7mStandout mode on a Sun console.'
          is equivalent to
     echo "`esc`[7mStandout mode on a Sun console."
     ctrl GG G
          is equivalent to
     bell 3

AUTHOR
     Maarten Litmaath @ VU Informatika Amsterdam
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