Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash'
-DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../bash -I../bash/include
-I../bash/lib -g -O2 -Wall
uname output: Linux heinrich 2.6.38-8-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr
11 03:31:24 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.2
Patch Level: 8
Release Status: release
Description:
When parsing double double-quotes (i.e. """") it will be replaced by the
value 0x7f, if there are characters before or after it. In bash 4.1
empty
double-quotes were simply removed.
Repeat-By:
$ echo """"a >t
$ hexdump -C t
00000000 7f 61 0a |.a.|
00000003
