Stan Senotrusov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! > > I discovered the changes in how dash handles backslash escape character. I > wonder is that change intentional? > > # (Previous version) Dash version 0.5.8.2.1ubuntu2 on Ubuntu > $ dash -c 'exec echo \a\b\c' > abc > > # (Current version) Dash version 0.5.10.2 on MacOS 10.13.4 installed by > homebrew > $ dash -c 'exec echo \a\b' > \a\b > > $ dash -c 'exec echo \a\b\c' > \a\b<NO NEWLINE HERE>
This appears to be the same issue as https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01700.html Please see my reply to that thread and follow up over there. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu <[email protected]> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
