Re: Problems with echo -e "\xNNN"

Manuel,

> > I just noticed a problem with "echo" in BusyBox v0.61.pre. 
> > Unfortunatly I can't test it with a newer version. So maybe someone 
> > could verify this on a 1.0pre:
> >
> > I did:
> >
> > ~ # echo -e "\061"
> > 1
> > ~ # echo -e "\x31"
> > \x31
> >
> > So it looks like "\xNNN" is not working.
>
>
> While bash's builtin echo supports hex escape sequences, the /bin/echo
> utility supports only octals.  So this isn't a busybox problem.

Thanks.

I reckon it wouldn't be hard to implement it anyway, would it?
Should we add this feature?

Steven