bug#7574: [PATCH]: echo, printf, stat: Allow only up to 8 bit octal input for backslash-escaped chars

[Pádraig Brady]

There is an extraneous \n in the NEWS.

Also I'd rephrase:

+(if @var{ooo} is 1 to 3 octal digits byte value) specifying a character
+to print, and @address@hidden as a hexadecimal number (if @var{hh} is
+1 to 2 hex digits) specifying a character to print.

as:

(if @var{ooo} is 1 to 3 octal digits) specifying an 8 bit character
to print, and @address@hidden as a hexadecimal number (if @var{hh} is
1 to 2 hex digits) specifying a character to print.

cheers,
Pádraig.