# metacharacters that are still active within double-quoted strings.
Xsed='sed -e 1s/^X//'
sed_quote_subst='s/\([\\`\\"$\\\\]\)/\\\1/g'
-SP2NL='tr \040 \012'
-NL2SP='tr \015\012 \040\040'
+# test EBCDIC or ASCII
+case `echo '' | od -x` in
+*15*) # EBCDIC based system
+ SP2NL='tr \100 \025'
+ NL2SP='tr \025 \100'
+ ;;
+*) # Assume ASCII based system
+ SP2NL='tr \040 \012'
+ NL2SP='tr \015\012 \040\040'
+ ;;
+esac
# NLS nuisances.
# Only set LANG and LC_ALL to C if already set.