Re: sort does not use tab as delimiter

[Brian Dessent]

The Wanderer wrote:

> 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.

You need to read the bash manpage.  Search for "tab-insert" in the
readline section.  It has nothing to do with copy and paste, it is a way
to tell readline to take the next keystroke literally, and it works in
any readline app (e.g. gdb.)

Brian