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Example use of the $'...' quoting construct in bash.
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| echo -e "second:first" |\ | |
| cut -d: --output-delimiter=$'\t' -f 1,2 |\ | |
| awk -F $'\t' 'BEGIN{OFS=FS}{print $2,$1}' | |
| # outputs: "first<tab>second" |
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