On Sat, Sep 30, 2000 at 01:37:40PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > I know tr but what is '\verb|\|000'? And the use of |\|? First, there's apparently a bug: there should be a backslash before the 0s. That said, the "\verb|\|" is apparently redundant, since it appears at the same place in both sets. It'll translate vertical tab (\v) to vertical tab, e to e, r to r, and so on. Maybe it's an attempt to confuse beginners? Or possibly, it's some obscure feature for a non-GNU version of tr? -- finger for GPG public key.
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