No way to hand echo or /bin/echo a NULL. $ set a $'\x00' b $ echo $# 3 $ echo A$'\x01'B|wc -c 4 $ echo A$'\x00'B|wc -c 3 $ echo -n `echo -ne \\\\000`|wc -c 0 BASH_VERSION='3.1.0(1)-release'
At least the echo docs should say so. _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
