Subject: Incorrect output of `printf "\\n"`

From: Pavel Elkind <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:44:23 +0000

Dear developers,

I found the following potential bug in printf (version 8.17).

Actual result: 
`printf "\\n"` prints a newline caracter.

Expected result:
`printf "\\n"` prints a sequence of two individual characters, '\' and 'n', like '\n',  but  not a newline character.

Please address the above issue,

Many thanks,
Pavel