sort with a tab as separator

[Bob McGowen x4312 dept208]

In article <1990Aug17.022324.13925 at midway.uchicago.edu> phd_ivo at gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
>How do I indicate to sort that my field-separation character is the tab (^I)?
>I know that there is a tab option (-t) in sort, but I don't know how to specify 
You must quote a literal tab:

	-t'	'
	  ^^^^^^  literal tab here entered with the TAB key
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