On Sat, Nov 9, 2024 at 1:48 PM Joel Jacobson <j...@compiler.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 9, 2024, at 15:28, David G. Johnston wrote: > > PostgreSQL cannot store the NUL byte. Would that be an option for the > > record separator. Default to new line but accept NUL if one needs to > > input/output lists containing newlines. Or whatever character the user > > believes is not part of their data - tab probably being a popular > > option. > > Clever idea, could work, but using NUL bytes in text files feels a bit > unorthodox, and I can imagine surprising results in other systems having > to deal > with such files. > > Yeah. I was inspired by xargs and find but for a permanent file it is a bit different. David J.
