Re: [bug-gawk] Is there a way to print a character in the escaped form?

[Peng Yu]

> this worked for me: (I entered 2 lines after the command)
> $ awk '{gsub("\t", "\\t", $0); print }'
> a       a
> a\ta
> a       b       c
> a\tb\tc

I'd expect something more like %q in Go Printf() beatifically print
the control characters. It can not be easily done in awk?

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Regards,
Peng