Re: set $'\001'; v=$* converted $'\001' to $'\001\001'

[Ilkka Virta]

On 15.1. 08:26, Clark Wang wrote:
> See following example:
>
> [STEP 100] # echo $BASH_VERSION
> 4.4.12(4)-release
> [STEP 101] # set -- $'\001'
> [STEP 102] # v=$*
> [STEP 103] # printf '%q\n' "$v"
> $'\001\001'
> [STEP 104] #

That looks like the same issue as this one from November:
Subject: foo=$*: ^A and DEL are prefixed or removed
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2017-11/msg00107.html

If I read the commit message correctly, this looks like a fix for it:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/commit/?h=devel&id=32dc2bf525399a80ef098bcf852331bc276c7ce8

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