I had to change the bug title and description because I just found out that the error does occur with any string.
A modified test script is attached. ** Attachment added: "Modified test script" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/23843823/testBackslashHex.sh -- hexdump :: irregular illegal seek https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/342433 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs