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| author | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2009-10-27 10:04:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com> | 2009-10-28 16:37:07 +0000 |
| commit | 2904d675a49cdd7cb2372f50592a6823106aa0f7 (patch) | |
| tree | 4ec374f8d26b4f1ac3e7454233ab0adc732cc2b8 /src/echo.c | |
| parent | 54491d275184428be6e28e3f22f04859b7288105 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-2904d675a49cdd7cb2372f50592a6823106aa0f7.tar.xz | |
echo, printf: interpret \e as the Escape character
Match gcc, perl, bash, ksh, tcsh, ... in supporting \e.
* src/printf.c (print_escape_char): Output \x1B when \e encountered.
* src/echo.c (main): Likewise.
* src/stat.c (print_escape_char): Likewise.
* doc/coreutils.texi (echo invocation): Add \e to the list.
* tests/misc/printf: Verify that \e outputs \x1B.
* NEWS: Mention the change in behaviour.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/echo.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/echo.c | 2 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/echo.c b/src/echo.c index 90b978646..65e8c80e4 100644 --- a/src/echo.c +++ b/src/echo.c @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ If -e is in effect, the following sequences are recognized:\n\ "), stdout); fputs (_("\ \\c produce no further output\n\ + \\e escape\n\ \\f form feed\n\ \\n new line\n\ \\r carriage return\n\ @@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ just_echo: case 'a': c = '\a'; break; case 'b': c = '\b'; break; case 'c': exit (EXIT_SUCCESS); + case 'e': c = '\x1B'; break; case 'f': c = '\f'; break; case 'n': c = '\n'; break; case 'r': c = '\r'; break; |