Sebastian Kapfer wrote:
> I'm not quite getting the changes in bash's handling of escape
> sequences.
I can't reproduce your results:
z4.local(1)$ ./bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.9(5)-release (i386-apple-darwin8.8.1)
Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
z4.local(1)$ ./bash
z4.local(2)$ echo '\a'
\a
z4.local(2)$ echo -E '\a'
\a
z4.local(2)$ echo -e '\a'| cat -v
^G
z4.local(2)$ echo '\\ \ \ \ '
\\ \ \ \
z4.local(2)$ echo '\\ \a \ \ '
\\ \a \ \
z4.local(2)$ echo 'wow\awow'
wow\awow
z4.local(2)$ echo $'\a' | cat -v
^G
z4.local(2)$ echo \\a
\a
I suspect that you have echo defined as a function or alias, or
something in $PROMPT_COMMAND or $PS1 is obscuring the output.
> On a related note, the documented escape sequences handled by "echo"
> differ between help echo and man echo (-e vs. -E).
Well, they document different programs. `help echo' describes the
bash builtin, and `man echo' describes /bin/echo.
Chet
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