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bug#14299: Incorrect output of `printf "\\n"`
From: |
Davide Brini |
Subject: |
bug#14299: Incorrect output of `printf "\\n"` |
Date: |
Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:44:02 +0200 |
On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:44:23 +0000, Pavel Elkind <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear developers,
>
> I found the following potential bug in printf (version 8.17).
>
> Actual result:
> `printf "\\n"` prints a newline caracter.
>
> Expected result:
> `printf "\\n"` prints a sequence of two individual characters, '\' and
> 'n', like '\n', but not a newline character.
>
> Please address the above issue,
printf '\\n'
is what you want. Printf has nothing to do with this, it's the shell that
interpolates \\ when it's in double quotes.
--
D.