It looks like this behaviour is now mentioned by the infopage: "If FILE contains a backslash or newline, the line is started with a backslash, and each problematic character in the file name is escaped with a backslash, making the output unambiguous even in the presence of arbitrary file names."
Accordingly, this bug should be closed. -- md5sum doesn't document behavior for backslash-in-filename https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/53584 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
