Linda W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I believe bash is broken in regards to using "any" number after > "\" as an octal value. The shell specifications require the leading > zero for an octal constant
The specification does not _require_ it, it allows it. Any other use of the backslash results in implementation defined behaviour. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, SuSE Labs, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany PGP key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
