This might be a little better.. save this to a file:

#!/usr/bin/perl
$char = shift;
print chr($char) . "\n";


Then you can call the script like this

scriptname 162

and it will print out: ¢


Regards,
Mike Cantrell


> >
> > In a Linux program, such as Netscape, KMail, or others, how does one put
in
> > characters that are not on the keyboard?
> > For example: In Windows (please no flames), in order to get the cent
symbol
> > (¢), one needs to hold down Alt+0162 on the numeric keypad.
> > I have tried this in KDE and it does not seem to work.
> > Is there a way of gettting this functionality in KDE/X ?
> > Thanks!
> > Mark
> >
> > > my .02 cents
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