Bug 508435

Summary:	'rm' of file with an apostrophe in it shows escape character
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	^mp3axe^ <swu98>
Component:	coreutils	Assignee:	Ondrej Vasik <ovasik>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	11	CC:	kdudka, ovasik, twaugh
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Description ^mp3axe^ 2009-06-27 08:14:16 UTC

Description of problem:
A file that rm prompts to delete will show the escape character if the file name contains an apostrophe.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
coreutils-7.2-1.fc11

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. touch he\'ll
2. rm -i he\'ll
  
Actual results:
rm: remove regular empty file `he\'ll'? 

Expected results:
rm: remove regular empty file `he'll'? 
<NOTICE Backslash should not show>

Additional info:

Comment 1 Ondrej Vasik 2009-06-27 10:41:32 UTC

Thanks for report, it does show escape char for C locales, it's correctly escaped for multibyte locales(at least with my cs_CZ.UTF-8). Will check on Monday whether it is bug or feature.

Comment 2 Kamil Dudka 2009-11-19 13:25:19 UTC

(In reply to comment #0)
> Expected results:
> rm: remove regular empty file `he'll'? 
> <NOTICE Backslash should not show>

Where did you get that expectation? Please refer the corresponding documentation, standard or whatever. Closing NOTABUG for now.