Package: dash Version: 0.5.5.1-7.4 Severity: normal *** Please type your report below this line *** example:
$ dash $ BAZ='\\\\' $ echo $BAZ \\ whereas: $ /bin/echo $BAZ \\\\ $ bash $ BAZ='\\\\' $ echo $BAZ \\\\ this came up when i tried to replace bash printf "%q" (escape) with an sh implementation: escape() { echo $* | sed -e 's# #\\ #g;s#\\#\\\\#g' } out=$(escape $(escape $in)) and trying to create multiple layers of escapes (command taking an argument of command line with an argument of command line ad nauseam). workaround seems to be to use /bin/echo for now. -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dash depends on: ii debianutils 3.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dpkg 1.15.8.10 Debian package management system ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib dash recommends no packages. dash suggests no packages. -- debconf information: * dash/sh: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org