How to use TAB as column separator in SQLCMD

Question

SQLCMD supports the -s parameter to specify the column separator, but I couldn\'t figure how how to represent the tab (CHAR(9)) character. I have tried the following but bo

Answer 1

I had this problem while trying to run sqlcmd on terminal. I got it working by entering a tab character (copying from text editor didn't work for me).

Press cntrl + v then tab.

How to enter a tab char on command line?