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Description : Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
Release : 10.04
using
md5sum (GNU coreutils) 7.4
$ apt-cache policy coreutils
coreutils:
Installed: 7.4-2ubuntu3
Candidate: 7.4-2ubuntu3
Version table:
*** 7.4-2ubuntu3 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
7.4-2ubuntu2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
Related to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/53584
The following information is in "info coreutils 'md5sum invocation'"
For each FILE, `md5sum' outputs the MD5 checksum, a flag indicating
a binary or text input file, and the file name. If FILE contains a
backslash or newline, the line is started with a backslash, and each
problematic character in the file name is escaped with a backslash,
making the output unambiguous even in the presence of arbitrary file
names. If FILE is omitted or specified as `-', standard input is read.
The corresponding section in the man page reads as follows:
The sums are computed as described in RFC 1321. When checking, the
input should be a former output of this
program. The default mode is to print a line with checksum, a character
indicating type (`*' for binary, `
' for text), and name for each FILE.
The documentation of the behaviour of md5sum when given filenames
containing backslashes is missing from the man page, and was unexpected
behaviour when I first encountered it.
** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
md5sum 'backslash-in-filename' feature is not documented in man page
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