Inserting Control Characters into a File

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I have written a script which creates a file for use in another system. This file needs "Control & L followed by Control & M" half way through it so that it can be printed on 2 pages. 'Print "L^M^"' doesn't work, as it occupies 4 characters instead of 2. Can I use the decimal / hex. representations, & if so, what is the syntax ?
Many thanks in anticipation.

 

[CaKiwi]

If you use vi to edit the file, you can enter a control character by enter ctrl-V followed by the control character you need e.g. to enter ctrl-L ctrl-M go into insert mode and enter

ctrl-V ctrl-L ctrl-V ctrl-M

Hope this helps. CaKiwi