Re: putting ascii keys in a script

[Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz>]

On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 08:54:52AM +0800, Robert Vangel wrote:
> Michael Martinell wrote:
> >I have a script that I need to send an enter keystroke with.
> >
> >On the keyboard I can do alt + 013 which is the ascii code for the enter
> >key.  I wanted to put this into my script using vi.  Any suggestions for an
> >escape-type sequence that will record the keystroke and not cause vi to
> >interpret it as a request to insert a new line?
> 
> what about
> 
> echo -e "\n"

Or if you really need the actual character (or another special
character), type ctrl-v first.

Richard