[PATCH 26/42] locate.1: access ^ character portably

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:48:01 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.findutils.bugs
Message-ID	<20251119034801.2cnks5zb3nfs3cdp@illithid>

The `\(ha` special character escape sequence is not universally
portable.  Indirect it through a string definition.  (GNU Bash also uses
this technique.[1])

[1] https://github.com/bminor/bash/blob/a8a1c2fac029404d3f42cd39f5a20f24b6e4fe4b/doc/bash.1#L26
---
 locate/locate.1 | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/locate/locate.1 b/locate/locate.1
index eb177d1e..b263aa53 100644
--- a/locate/locate.1
+++ b/locate/locate.1
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@
 .\" As a GNU troff extension, \% at the beginning of a word suppresses
 .\" its hyphenation.
 .ie \n(.g \{\
+.  ds ^  \(ha
 .  ds en \(en
 .  ds % \%
 .\}
 .el \{\
+.  ds ^  ^
 .  ds en \-
 .  ds % \" empty
 .\}
-- 
2.30.2

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