Package: dash
Version: 0.5.5.1-7.4
Severity: normal
*** Please type your report below this line ***
example:
$ dash
$ BAZ='\\\\'
$ echo $BAZ
\\
whereas:
$ /bin/echo $BAZ
\\\\
$ bash
$ BAZ='\\\\'
$ echo $BAZ
\\\\
this came up when i tried to replace bash printf "%q" (escape) with
an sh implementation:
escape() {
echo $* | sed -e 's# #\\ #g;s#\\#\\\\#g'
}
out=$(escape $(escape $in))
and trying to create multiple layers of escapes (command taking an
argument of command line with an argument of command line ad nauseam).
workaround seems to be to use /bin/echo for now.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages dash depends on:
ii debianutils 3.4 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.15.8.10 Debian package management system
ii libc6 2.11.2-10 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
dash recommends no packages.
dash suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
* dash/sh: true
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