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Re: backslash problems?

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From: Andrew Main <zefram@xxxxxxxxx>
To: john.cooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: backslash problems?
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 11:53:48 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, john.cooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <19971027113104140.AAA348@TENDLE> from "John Cooper" at Oct 27, 97 11:31:05 am

John Cooper wrote:
>$ echo "foo\bar\baz"
>foaaz

echo gets the argument 'foo\bar\baz', and translates '\b' to backspace.

>$ echo "foo\\bar\\baz"
>foaaz
>$ echo 'foo\bar\baz'
>foaaz

Same.

>$ echo 'foo\\bar\\baz'
>foo\bar\baz

echo gets the argument 'foo\\bar\\baz', and translates '\\' to '\'.

>bash$ echo "foo\bar\baz"
>foo\bar\baz

This echo desn't translate '\b'.  Use "setopt BSD_ECHO" to get this
behaviour under zsh.

-zefram

References:
- backslash problems?
  - From: John Cooper

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