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Date:      Tue, 19 May 1998 15:50:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Spidey <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>
Cc:        Question=answer <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: sending escapes char to printer...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980519154826.11841m-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980519020419.644F-100000@outpost.nada.org>

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On Tue, 19 May 1998, Spidey wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I would like to know how to send escape sequences (like ESC + 5 + 0x0F) to
> my printer... I am setting up my filters and the example in the handbook
> is not really clear...

The string

printf "\0335\020"

should do it.  \### means output the ASCII character ### where ### is an
octal number.  See `man ascii' for a table.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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