You could escape the backslash.
system("cmd 'a\\tb'")
On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Michael Peng
<michael.gang.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to use system() to run some command in OS. such as
>
> system("cmd 'a\tb')
>
> however, it alway runs
> cmd 'a b'
> instead of
> cmd 'a\tb'
>
> How can I prevent system to interpret 'a\tb' to 'a b'?
>
>
> Thanks
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