From 2904d675a49cdd7cb2372f50592a6823106aa0f7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pádraig Brady <P@draigBrady.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:04:34 +0000
Subject: 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.
---
 NEWS | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

(limited to 'NEWS')

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 35d141323..abf2466b6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS                                    -*- outline -*-
   with the invoked command failing with status 1.  Likewise, nohup
   fails with status 125 instead of 127.
 
+  echo and printf now interpret \e as the Escape character (0x1B).
+
 ** New features
 
   env and printenv now accept the option --null (-0), as a means to
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