Re: bash 3.2, escape sequences

[Sebastian Kapfer]

> Sebastian Kapfer wrote:
>
>> I'm not quite getting the changes in bash's handling of escape
>> sequences.
>
> I can't reproduce your results:

[...]

> I suspect that you have echo defined as a function or alias, or
> something in $PROMPT_COMMAND or $PS1 is obscuring the output.

Oops, I thought I had disabled that stuff.  Well, you always overlook the
essential. :-(

>> On a related note, the documented escape sequences handled by "echo"
>> differ between help echo and man echo  (-e vs. -E).
>
> Well, they document different programs.  `help echo' describes the
> bash builtin, and `man echo' describes /bin/echo.

Sorry, I mean, the descriptions of help echo and man bash differ.

Thank you for your help!

Best regards,
  Sebastian