Re: sort does not use tab as delimiter

[The Wanderer]

Andreas Schwab wrote:

> The Wanderer <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Note also that this may not be possible in some shells
> > (specifically, so far as I've been able to discover, bash),
>
> Of course it works in bash.  You can enter every character literally
> with C-v.

I've never used Ctrl-V to paste in Linux except in Mozilla, and frankly,
I don't think I'd have expected it to work outside of things like
OpenOffice and so forth (i.e., graphical applications, mostly
Windows-alikes). I've always used "highlight and middle-click",
particularly in xterms, and that very definitely does not allow the
literal entry of tabs into bash.

Actually, I just tested - entered a tab in this mail, copied it with
Ctrl-C, attempted to paste it into an xterm with Ctrl-V. No result.

If you can shed light on a way to accomplish it which *does* work in my
environment, I'd be pleased to know it.

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