> Sebastian Kapfer wrote: > >> I'm not quite getting the changes in bash's handling of escape >> sequences. > > I can't reproduce your results:
[...] > I suspect that you have echo defined as a function or alias, or > something in $PROMPT_COMMAND or $PS1 is obscuring the output. Oops, I thought I had disabled that stuff. Well, you always overlook the essential. :-( >> 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. Sorry, I mean, the descriptions of help echo and man bash differ. Thank you for your help! Best regards, Sebastian _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
