varchar::bytea fails when varchar contains backslash

[Matthias Apitz <guru@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I wanted to look into a column of type varchar converting the content
with ::bytea to a hex string, but this fails when the column contains a
backslash:

psql -Usisis -dtestdb
psql (14.1)
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testdb=# select trenn from sik_fstab where name='EdvSelKenn';
             trenn
-------------------------------
 ; :,.-!@%&/()=?'*+#<>[\]{|}&"
 ; :,.-!@%&/()=?'*+#<>[\]{|}&"
(2 Zeilen)

testdb=# select trenn::bytea from sik_fstab where name='EdvSelKenn';
ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type bytea

Why is this?

	matthias
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