Apologies if this has already been fixed, but glancing at the source, probably not.

For version 8.22:

$ true > \\

$ md5sum \\

\d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  \\

$ md5sum < \\

d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e  -

The checksum is not what I would expect, due to the leading backslash.  And in any case, the "\d" has no obvious interpretation.  Really, I can't imagine ever escaping the checksum.

(Yes, my users are a clever people.)

Cheers,

Mike

Michael Coleman (mcolema5@uoregon.edu)
Computational Scientist

Research Advanced Computing Services
University of Oregon