Re: Feature request for cut and/or sort

[Andreas Schwab]

Matthew Woehlke <address@hidden> writes:

> The Wanderer wrote:
>> Bob Proulx wrote:
>>> The problem is the same as always, filenames with embedded newlines in
>>> them.
>>
>> I've never seen a filename with an embedded newline, and AFAICT standard
>> command-line tools cannot produce such.
>
> Oh? ;-)
> echo 'bar' > "`echo -e 'foo\nbar'`"

What a waste of resources.

$ touch 'foo
bar'

Andreas.

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