From: "Shagabutdinov (Leonid Shagabutdinov)" Date: 2013-03-06T17:31:41+09:00 Subject: [ruby-core:53162] [ruby-trunk - Bug #8028][Open] Shellwords.escape works incorrect under windows Issue #8028 has been reported by Shagabutdinov (Leonid Shagabutdinov). ---------------------------------------- Bug #8028: Shellwords.escape works incorrect under windows https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/8028 Author: Shagabutdinov (Leonid Shagabutdinov) Status: Open Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: ruby -v: ruby 2.0.0p0 (2013-02-24) [i386-mingw32] Shellwords.escape works incorrect under windows (tested for Windows 7 x64), here is example: Actual result: irb(main):001:0> require 'shellwords' => true irb(main):002:0> `echo #{Shellwords.escape( '123>' )} test` # should echo "123> test", but echo nothing => "" irb(main):003:0> File.read( 'test' ) # but writes file "test" => "123\\\n" Expected result: irb(main):001:0> `echo 132^> test` # the correct escape sequence, echoed "123> test" => "132> test\n" Tested for "ruby 2.0.0p0 (2013-02-24) [i386-mingw32]", ruby 1.9.3, but this bug can be found in earlier ruby versions as well. -- http://bugs.ruby-lang.org/