Generating Octal/Hex Codes from Bourne Shell

[Richard J. Gill]

I have the need  be able  to generate the full ASCII character
set from the Bourne shell. There is no problem on my NCR Tower
XP (System V); I simply use the following syntax:

		echo "\007"	# 0x07
		echo "\0212"	# 0x8a
		 ...

On my Fortune 32:16 (Forpro 2.0 - Sys 3v7 & BSD 4.3), however,
the string is simply displayed as a literal.  Any ideas on how I
can generate the fully ASCII set from the Bourne shell on the
Fortune? 

Thanks.

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Dick Gill
Gill & Piette / PSG
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