GNU bug report logs - #14299
Incorrect output of `printf "\\n"`

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From: Davide Brini <dave_br <at> gmx.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14299: Incorrect output of  `printf "\\n"`
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:44:02 +0200

On Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:44:23 +0000, Pavel Elkind <elkind <at> chalmers.se> wrote:

> 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,

printf '\\n'

is what you want. Printf has nothing to do with this, it's the shell that
interpolates \\ when it's in double quotes.


-- 
D.

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