Escape newline within quotes in commands

BASH PATCH REPORT = Bash-Release: 3.1.5 Bug-Description: Lines like g31:bash-3.0 > x=`echo A B C | sed 's/ /\\ > /g'` g31:bash-3.0 > echo "$x" A B C do not work with current bash 3.1.5. This breaks scr

Re: incorrect handling of invisible characters in prompt string

[Please use mailing lists instead of sending private mail to random developers - I don't know whether you intended this as a question about bash proper or about the cygwin port of bash, so I have cross-posted my reply] > Hi Eric, > > I found the following message (from July 2005) by you on the cy