On 12/14/24 8:30 AM, Rob Landley wrote:
In devuan deadmaus, which claims bash --version 5.2.15(1)-release (x86_64- pc-linux-gnu) when I do:echo -e 'echo \n' | env -i PATH=${PATH@Q} PS1='\\$ ' bash --noediting -- noprofile --norc -isIt prints $ three times instead of printing \$ three times. But when I add -c 'echo $PS1' it says "\\$" which has both slashes. (Which makes sense because single quotes, above...)\\ The man page says \\ is a literal backslash, but it's not printing.
OK, think about this in terms of all the expansions for PS1.
First, it expands \\$ because of the \\ prompt expansion, leaving \$
when that phase is complete.
Then, after expanding the backslash-escape sequences,
"After the string is
decoded, it is expanded via parameter expansion, command substitution,
arithmetic expansion, and quote removal, subject to the value of the
promptvars shell option"
Since promptvars is enabled by default, quote removal removes the
backslash, leaving `$ '.
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