From: Adam Borowski Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 06:29:56 +0200 Subject: Support \e in "echo" and "printf" builtins Signed-off-by: Adam Borowski --- src/bltin/printf.c | 1 + src/dash.1 | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/bltin/printf.c b/src/bltin/printf.c index 7785735..9b878da 100644 --- a/src/bltin/printf.c +++ b/src/bltin/printf.c @@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ conv_escape(char *str, int *conv_ch) case '\\': value = '\\'; break; /* backslash */ case 'a': value = '\a'; break; /* alert */ case 'b': value = '\b'; break; /* backspace */ + case 'e': value = '\e'; break; /* escape */ case 'f': value = '\f'; break; /* form-feed */ case 'n': value = '\n'; break; /* newline */ case 'r': value = '\r'; break; /* carriage-return */ diff --git a/src/dash.1 b/src/dash.1 index 32f6ac0..b286f79 100644 --- a/src/dash.1 +++ b/src/dash.1 @@ -1201,6 +1201,8 @@ Subsequent output is suppressed. This is normally used at the end of the last argument to suppress the trailing newline that .Ic echo would otherwise output. +.It Li \ee +Outputs an escape character (ESC). .It Li \ef Output a form feed. .It Li \en @@ -1570,6 +1572,8 @@ The characters and their meanings are as follows: Write a \*[Lt]bell\*[Gt] character. .It Cm \eb Write a \*[Lt]backspace\*[Gt] character. +.It Cm \ee +Write an \*[Lt]escape\*[Gt] (ESC) character. .It Cm \ef Write a \*[Lt]form-feed\*[Gt] character. .It Cm \en