Gerrit Pape wrote: > forwarded 349855 upstream > quit > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 06:25:29PM +0100, Torsten Scheck wrote: > >>The character 'octal 201' is dropped when it is stored in a shell >>variable: >> >>$ x="`printf "xxx\201"`" >>$ echo $x >>xxx > > > Hi Herbert, I can confirm this. '\201' is used as CTLESC, and removed > on expansion it seems. Sorry, I don't have a patch to suggest this > time. > > Thanks for the report, Torsten. > > Regards, Gerrit.
You're welcome. BTW: The same is true for '\210'. These two characters seem to be the only ones leading to the reported problem. $ x="`printf "xxx\210"`" $ echo $x xxx Thanks for taking care of this, Gerrit. Cheers, Torsten -- Torsten Scheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG 1024D/728E 6696 F43D D622 78F1 F481 45C0 2147 69AB DD54 software engineer:open standards/access/knowledge:enthgnusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
