Re: Possible error in Escape Character (Backslash) handling

[Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stan Senotrusov <stan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I discovered the changes in how dash handles backslash escape character. I wonder is that change intentional?
> 
> # (Previous version) Dash version 0.5.8.2.1ubuntu2 on Ubuntu
> $ dash -c 'exec echo \a\b\c'
> abc
> 
> # (Current version) Dash version 0.5.10.2 on MacOS 10.13.4 installed by homebrew
> $ dash -c 'exec echo \a\b'
> \a\b
> 
> $ dash -c 'exec echo \a\b\c'
> \a\b<NO NEWLINE HERE>

This appears to be the same issue as

https://www.mail-archive.com/dash@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg01700.html

Please see my reply to that thread and follow up over there.

Cheers,
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