Greetings. Just stumbled upon this: *# md5sum ./Development/rss/rss/STAGING/BATTITI_del_27_11_2016_-_Battiti_Live:_Arsene_Duevi\\Roberto_Zanisi.mp3 \d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  ./Development/rss/rss/STAGING/BATTITI_del_27_11_2016_-_Battiti_Live:_Arsene_Duevi\\Roberto_Zanisi.mp3* *# cp ./Development/rss/rss/STAGING/BATTITI_del_27_11_2016_-_Battiti_Live:_Arsene_Duevi\\Roberto_Zanisi.mp3 /tmp/qlo # md5sum /tmp/qlo d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  /tmp/qlo** * IE, in the first instance a '\' character is prepended to the output. The file itself is an empty file, so I guess the file content is irrelevant to the apparent bug. Running coreutils-8.31-6.fc30.x86_64 on Linux 5.6.13-100.fc30.x86_64+debug To communicate, cc me, as I am not a ML subscriber. Cheers, -- Alessandro Forghieri Nouvelle s.r.l. via Giardini 456/C 41124 Modena (ITALY) tel. +39 059 2929338 - Fax +39 059 347606