Re: can't cd to directory with backslash

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Chet Ramey wrote:
> > Chet Ramey wrote:
> >
> > > > > Well I thought that also, but reproduced it in gnome-terminal and
> > > >
> > > > xterm with PS1=$. The only common denominator was bash, as tcsh
> > > > didn't show the problem?
> > >
> > > Type `type -a cd' and see what it says.
> >
> > $ type -a cd
> > cd is a shell builtin
>
>
> How about $PROMPT_COMMAND?
>
> I can't reproduce the problem when nothing tries to write $PWD to the
> title bar.

Ok sorry. The following reliably hangs up the prompt
on gnome-terminal and xterm:

export PROMPT_COMMAND=
echo -ne "\033]0;:blah\\\007"

You *can* type reset though.

Sorry for the noise.

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