Re: Bash not escaping escape sequences in directory names

[Chet Ramey]

On 1/18/22 9:13 PM, Josh Harcombe wrote:

> Bash Version: 5.2
> Patch Level: !PATCHLEVEL!
> Release Status: alpha
>
> Description:
> Note: this happens on 5.1 release version as well and probably many other
> previous versions
> If a folder that is being displayed as part of the PS1 prompt contains
> escape sequences, bash will interpret them literally

Thanks for the report. I'll take a look at this for a future release.


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