bash, ksh, zsh all support $'\n\x0a\012' The POSIX discussion is at: http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=249 It would be great if dash supported it too. I tested dash 0.5.8 thanks, Pádraig -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dash" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html