Export field separator question

[Kenneth Brody]

John Esak wrote:
> 
> > >
> > > Have you considered "f=253"?
> >
> > I wouldn't have considered that, since, clearly (:-), that means "use
> > as the field separator (the first character of the string in) field
> > 253".
> >
> > :-)
> 
> I agree with you... this is/has always been a vague inconsistency in
> filePro.  At least, it is not intuitive since things like \r will work here
> as well... Using just literal numbers (especially up to 3 of them) usually
> means the contents of that field to filePro. Score 1 for you... :-)

Well, if you had to put the "\n" in quotes, I might agree.  However, since
the parameters to export flags are literal values, "f=253" doesn't refer to
field 253 any more than "f=x" refers to field x.

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