Inserting a control character in a text file?

Pete Holsberg pjh42 at pobox.com
Thu Sep 13 00:38:46 UTC 2007


I need to produce a text file that contains the ASCII character ESC (1BH 
or 027 decimal).

How do I do that wit, say, vim?

Thanks.
-- 
Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, 
nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire...
-- Aristotle

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