Package: bash Version: 4.3-11+b1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, :)
Create file /tmp/test that contains: echo 'a\nb' Now run this two commands: sh /tmp/mytest bash /tmp/mytest One of these commands prints two lines while other prints one line: root@orion:/tmp# cat mytest echo 'a\nb' root@orion:/tmp# sh ./mytest a b root@orion:/tmp# bash ./mytest a\nb root@orion:/tmp# -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.6 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 8+deb8u6 ii dash 0.5.7-4+b1 ii debianutils 4.4+b1 ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u6 ii libncurses5 5.9+20140913-1+b1 ii libtinfo5 5.9+20140913-1+b1 Versions of packages bash recommends: pn bash-completion <none> Versions of packages bash suggests: pn bash-doc <none> -- no debconf information