Re: Raw ^M in xtrace output

Chet Ramey <[email protected]> Mon, 16 Mar 2026 10:36:05 -0400

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On 3/15/26 11:17 AM, Marcel Schnippe wrote:

> Bash Version: 5.2
> Patch Level: 21
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>          bash xtrace (set -x) inconsistently quotes \r (0x0D) in traced 
> values. When \r is embedded mid-string,
>          xtrace wraps in single quotes with raw 0x0D bytes instead of using 
> $'\r' escaping. This breaks tooling that
>          processes xtrace output line-by-line

Thanks for the report. This was fixed back in June, 2023, and the change is
in bash-5.3.

> Social: Hey Chet,
> Hope you are doing well? Thank you for supporting Bash. I love it!

Thanks for your kind words.

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