Control: close -1 Turns out I'm just stupid.
This escape sequence is only allowed in tandem with the "%b" format specifier. Otherwise, only the '\ddd' syntax is supported. dash is behaving correctly: # /bin/dash -c 'printf '"'"'%b\n'"'"' '"'"'\0056'"'" . Closing up here, sorry for the noise. Mihai
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