tags 652509 + upstream
# POSIX leaves the behavior of "echo" with escape sequences
# implementation-defined.
severity 652509 wishlist
# historical XSI and ash behavior.  Changing it would break
# some scripts and make others work.  Where it matters,
# applications should be using printf instead.
tags 652509 + wontfix
merge 538100 652509
quit

Hi,

Reuben Thomas wrote:

> Note: I tested this against upstream 0.5.7 too, and this is the best
> place I can find to report an upstream bug. Sorry if it’s the wrong
> place.

You have the right place.  To reach upstream, the address would be
<d...@vger.kernel.org>, but bug tracking happens here.

> $ dash
> $ echo '\1'
> 

See <http://bugs.debian.org/550399>.

Thanks for writing,
Jonathan



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