On 7/29/11 8:54 PM, Christopher Down wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is backslash interpretation when being generated through brace
> expansion intended functionality? I mean sure, brace expansion happens
> first, but this seems kind of unintuitive.
>
> $ printf '<%q>' {A..z}
> <\[><''><\]><\^><_><\`>
>
> The
Hi,
Is backslash interpretation when being generated through brace
expansion intended functionality? I mean sure, brace expansion happens
first, but this seems kind of unintuitive.
$ printf '<%q>' {A..z}
<\[><''><\]><\^><_><\`>
The character between [ and ] should be 5C ($'\134'), '\'.
Thanks,