Ugly file name

[Earl H. Kinmonth]

>When your back is up against the wall, the following construct can be
>used to replace any argument and will allow you to do anything you want:
>
>	"`echo '\xxx\xxx\xxx\c'`"
>
>where xxx is any octal number.

Are you sure that all version of echo will do this?  I was under the
impression that this was a Sys-V "feature" picked up in some, but not
all, versions of **IX.  Also, do not some versions of **IX have more
than one echo - one that will do this sort of thing and one that will
not?

Earl H. Kinmonth
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