GNU bug report logs - #27785
doc: tr: mention parsing of 4 digits octal escape values

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 02:24:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: tr: mention that leading zeros are a no-no in e.g., \0377
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 08:44:31 +0800

In (info "(coreutils) Character sets")

     ‘\OOO’
          The 8-bit character with the value given by OOO, which is 1 to
          3 octal digits.  Note that ‘\400’ is interpreted as the
          two-byte sequence, ‘\040’ ‘0’.

It is very important to also add here:

          and \0377 is interpreted as \037 and 7.

(You add the quotes. I can't with my keyboard.)
Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal' Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 29 Oct 2018 03:33:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Changed bug title to 'doc: tr: mention parsing of 4 digits octal escape values' from 'tr: mention that leading zeros are a no-no in e.g., \0377' Request was from Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Mon, 29 Oct 2018 03:33:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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