an odd question

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From: Lawrence LeMay <lemay_at_cs.umn.edu>
Date: Thu Aug 16 16:43:16 2001

>
> Anyone know what \a is?
> 012 shows \n (newline)a 08 shows as \t (tab) what's \a alert?

          \a alert Attempts to alert the user
                                      through audible or visible
                                      notification.
Its from "man 5 formats"...

-Lawrence LeMay
Received on Thu Aug 16 2001 - 16:43:16 BST

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