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[pgl]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i386
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386' 
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-redhat-linux-gnu' 
-DCONF_VENDOR='redhat' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -D_GNU_SOURCE 
-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  -I.  -I. -I./include -I./lib -I/usr/include -O2 
-march=i386 -mcpu=i686
uname output: Linux w2 2.4.7-10smp #1 SMP Thu Sep 6 17:09:31 EDT 2001 i686 
unknown
Machine Type: i386-redhat-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 2.05
Patch Level: 8
Release Status: release

Description:
        the shell builtin 'alias' removes \ and ' characters when displaying
        a list of currently defined aliases.

Repeat-By:
        [w2:pgl]:~ $ grep dos2u .bash_profile
        alias dos2u='perl -pi -e 's/\cM//' *.{html,php3,php,php4,htm,inc,txt}'

        [w2:pgl]:~ $ alias | grep dos2u
        alias dos2u='perl -pi -e s/cM// *.{html,php3,php,php4,htm,inc,txt}'

Fix:
        none, sorry.