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| author | Eric Blake <ebb9@byu.net> | 2007-03-22 21:46:54 +0100 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2007-03-22 21:46:54 +0100 |
| commit | 826ff082dbe051d3a7a35e36afb110c64b4132e6 (patch) | |
| tree | 9e23a89dc4cfb1153f95c6b1fd688fe9248ddce0 /doc/coreutils.texi | |
| parent | 59e889f0f3e8cce31387e2e03ab9dfcf48b48955 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-826ff082dbe051d3a7a35e36afb110c64b4132e6.tar.xz | |
* coreutils.texi (md5sum invocation): Document escapes in output
format. Reported by Armijn Hemel.
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index 7a4cc2db0..588147f53 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -3203,6 +3203,10 @@ md5sum [@var{option}]@dots{} [@var{file}]@dots{} For each @var{file}, @samp{md5sum} outputs the MD5 checksum, a flag indicating a binary or text input file, and the file name. +If @var{file} contains a backslash or newline, the +line is started with a backslash, and each problematic character in +the file name is escaped with a backslash, making the output +unambiguous even in the presence of arbitrary file names. If @var{file} is omitted or specified as @samp{-}, standard input is read. The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. |