August 2005
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padding — line
paddingascii-number countno paddingascii-number
Pads a specific character with NULLs
No padding
This command pads a specific output character with NULL characters. It supports older terminals that require padding after certain characters, such as the Return key. Unless you are using a terminal that requires padding, you will never need this command.
ascii-number
The decimal value of the character that needs padding.
count
The number of NULL bytes to send after this character.