On Sat, Nov 9, 2024 at 1:48 PM Joel Jacobson <joel@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.