On Fri, 17 Jun 2011, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote: > > I wouldn't call > echo -n $quoted | tr "\000" "\012" > (which converts \0 into \n) impossible and I consider "tr" a standard > utility. What happens if you try it this way: $ echo -n "$quoted" | tr '\0' '\n' or this way: $ tr '\0' '\n' <<-EOF $quoted EOF Cheers, -- Cristian