freebsd · gperciva · Nov 13, 2024 · gperciva · Nov 13, 2024
diff --git a/bin/echo/echo.1 b/bin/echo/echo.1
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ manual page.
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 Special treatment of options and backslashes:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
-$ /bin/echo "-hello\\tworld"
+$ /bin/echo "-hello\etworld"
 -hello\tworld
 .Ed
 .Pp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ helloworld
 .Pp
 Or to achieve the same result:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
-$ /bin/echo "hello\\c";/bin/echo world
+$ /bin/echo "hello\ec";/bin/echo world
 helloworld
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO

diff --git a/bin/ed/ed.1 b/bin/ed/ed.1
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ the standard output of
 executed via
 .Xr sh 1 .
 To read a file whose name begins with a bang, prefix the
-name with a backslash (\\).
+name with a backslash (\e).
 The default filename is set to
 .Ar file
 only if it is not prefixed with a bang.
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ All
 commands are single characters, though some require additional parameters.
 If a command's parameters extend over several lines, then
 each line except for the last
-must be terminated with a backslash (\\).
+must be terminated with a backslash (\e).
 .Pp
 In general, at most one command is allowed per line.
 However, most commands accept a print suffix, which is any of
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ Each command in
 .Ar command-list
 must be on a separate line,
 and every line except for the last must be terminated by a backslash
-(\\).
+(\e).
 Any commands are allowed, except for
 .Em g ,
 .Em G ,
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ then
 from the last substitution is used.
 Newlines may be embedded in
 .Ar replacement
-if they are escaped with a backslash (\\).
+if they are escaped with a backslash (\e).
 .It (.,.)s
 Repeat the last substitution.
 This form of the
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ The
 .Nm
 utility does not process
 .Ar command
-for backslash (\\) escapes.
+for backslash (\e) escapes.
 However, an unescaped
 .Em %
 is replaced by the default filename.
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ The
 utility processes
 .Ar file
 arguments for backslash escapes, i.e., in a filename,
-any characters preceded by a backslash (\\) are
+any characters preceded by a backslash (\e) are
 interpreted literally.
 .Pp
 If a text (non-binary) file is not terminated by a newline character,

diff --git a/bin/pax/pax.1 b/bin/pax/pax.1
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ As in
 .Cm old
 is a basic regular expression and
 .Cm new
-can contain an ampersand (&), \\n (where n is a digit) back-references,
+can contain an ampersand (&), \en (where n is a digit) back-references,
 or subexpression matching.
 The
 .Cm old
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ Select a file based on its
 name, or when starting with a
 .Cm # ,
 a numeric gid.
-A '\\' can be used to escape the
+A '\e' can be used to escape the
 .Cm # .
 Multiple
 .Fl G
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ Select a file based on its
 name, or when starting with a
 .Cm # ,
 a numeric uid.
-A '\\' can be used to escape the
+A '\e' can be used to escape the
 .Cm # .
 Multiple
 .Fl U

diff --git a/bin/stty/stty.1 b/bin/stty/stty.1
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ Otherwise control characters
 echo as themselves.
 .It Cm echoprt Pq Fl echoprt
 For printing terminals.
-If set, echo erased characters backwards within ``\\''
+If set, echo erased characters backwards within ``\e''
 and ``/''.
 Otherwise, disable this feature.
 .It Cm noflsh Pq Fl noflsh

diff --git a/bin/timeout/timeout.1 b/bin/timeout/timeout.1
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ signal after 1 minute and send a
 .Va SIGKILL
 signal 5 seconds later if the process refuses to stop:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
-$ timeout -k 5s 1m fetch \\
+$ timeout -k 5s 1m fetch \e
 > https://download.freebsd.org/ftp/doc/en/books/handbook/book.pdf
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO

diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/dlinfo.3 b/lib/libc/gen/dlinfo.3
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Link_map *map;
 dlinfo(RTLD_SELF, RTLD_DI_LINKMAP, &map);
 
 while (map != NULL) {
-	printf("%p: %s\\n", map->l_addr, map->l_name);
+	printf("%p: %s\en", map->l_addr, map->l_name);
 	map = map->l_next;
 }
 .Ed
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ dlinfo(RTLD_SELF, RTLD_DI_SERINFO, (void *)info);
 path = &info->dls_serpath[0];
 
 for (cnt = 1; cnt <= info->dls_cnt; cnt++, path++) {
-	(void) printf("%2d: %s\\n", cnt, path->dls_name);
+	(void) printf("%2d: %s\en", cnt, path->dls_name);
 }
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO

diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/ftw.3 b/lib/libc/gen/ftw.3
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ nftw_callback(const char *path, const struct stat *sb, int typeflag, struct FTW
 		break;
 	}
 
-	printf("[%c] %s\\n", type, path);
+	printf("[%c] %s\en", type, path);
 
 	return (0);
 }
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 
 	if (argc != 2) {
-		printf("Usage %s <directory>\\n", argv[0]);
+		printf("Usage %s <directory>\en", argv[0]);
 		return (EX_USAGE);
 	} else
 		return (nftw(argv[1], nftw_callback, /* UNUSED */ 1, 0));

diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/strfmon.3
@@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ main(void)
 	double money = 1234567.89;
 
 	if (setlocale(LC_MONETARY, "en_US.UTF-8") == NULL) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to setlocale().\\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to setlocale().\en");
 		return (1);
 	}
 
 	strfmon(string, sizeof(string) - 1, "%n", money);
-	printf("%s\\n", string);
+	printf("%s\en", string);
 
 	return (0);
 }

diff --git a/lib/libcasper/services/cap_dns/cap_dns.3 b/lib/libcasper/services/cap_dns/cap_dns.3
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ error = cap_getnameinfo(capdns, res->ai_addr, res->ai_addrlen, hname, sizeof(hna
 if (error != 0)
 	errx(1, "cap_getnameinfo(): %s: %s", ipstr, gai_strerror(error));
 
-printf("Name associated with %s is %s.\\n", ipstr, hname);
+printf("Name associated with %s is %s.\en", ipstr, hname);
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr cap_enter 2 ,

diff --git a/lib/libcasper/services/cap_grp/cap_grp.3 b/lib/libcasper/services/cap_grp/cap_grp.3
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ group = cap_getgrgid(capgrp, gid[0]);
 if (group == NULL)
 	err(1, "Unable to get name of group");
 
-printf("GID %d is associated with name %s.\\n", gid[0], group->gr_name);
+printf("GID %d is associated with name %s.\en", gid[0], group->gr_name);
 
 cap_close(capgrp);
 .Ed

diff --git a/lib/libcasper/services/cap_pwd/cap_pwd.3 b/lib/libcasper/services/cap_pwd/cap_pwd.3
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ passwd = cap_getpwuid(cappwd, uid[0]);
 if (passwd == NULL)
 	err(1, "Unable to get name of user");
 
-printf("UID %d is associated with name %s.\\n", uid[0], passwd->pw_name);
+printf("UID %d is associated with name %s.\en", uid[0], passwd->pw_name);
 
 cap_close(cappwd);
 .Ed

diff --git a/lib/libcasper/services/cap_sysctl/cap_sysctl.3 b/lib/libcasper/services/cap_sysctl/cap_sysctl.3
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ size = sizeof(value);
 if (cap_sysctlbyname(capsysctl, name, &value, &size, NULL, 0) < 0)
 	err(1, "Unable to get value of sysctl");
 
-printf("The value of %s is %d.\\n", name, value);
+printf("The value of %s is %d.\en", name, value);
 
 cap_close(capsysctl);
 .Ed

diff --git a/lib/libdpv/dpv.3 b/lib/libdpv/dpv.3
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ Embed escaped newlines within prompt text to force line breaks.
 .Pp
 .Xr dialog 1
 does not display the first character after a series of escaped escape-sequences
-(for example, ``\\\\n'' produces ``\\'' instead of ``\\n'').
+(for example, ``\e\en'' produces ``\e'' instead of ``\en'').
 This is a known issue with
 .Xr dialog 1
 and does not affect
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ This does not effect
 which renders the color escape sequences as plain text.
 See
 .Do
-embedded "\\Z" sequences
+embedded "\eZ" sequences
 .Dc
 in
 .Xr dialog 1

diff --git a/lib/libgssapi/gss_display_status.3 b/lib/libgssapi/gss_display_status.3
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ do {
 		  &status_string)
 
   fprintf(stderr,
-	  "%.*s\\n",
+	  "%.*s\en",
 	 (int)status_string.length,
 	 (char *)status_string.value);
 

diff --git a/lib/libmixer/mixer.3 b/lib/libmixer/mixer.3
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ if ((m = mixer_open(mix_name)) == NULL)
 
 TAILQ_FOREACH(dp, &m->devs, devs) {
 	if (M_ISRECSRC(m, dp->devno))
-		printf("%s\\t%.2f:%.2f\\n",
+		printf("%s\et%.2f:%.2f\en",
 		    dp->name, dp->vol.left, dp->vol.right);
 }
 

diff --git a/lib/libpam/modules/pam_login_access/pam_login_access.8 b/lib/libpam/modules/pam_login_access/pam_login_access.8
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ changes the field separator from the default ":".
 More than one separator
 may be specified.
 .It Cm listsep Ns = Ns Ar separators
-changes the field separator from the default space (''), tab (\\t) and
+changes the field separator from the default space (''), tab (\et) and
 comma (,).
 More than one separator may be specified.
 For example, listsep=;

diff --git a/lib/libstdbuf/libstdbuf.3 b/lib/libstdbuf/libstdbuf.3
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ is used to force it to be line-buffered so
 .Xr vmstat 8 Ns 's
 output will not stall until the full buffer fills.
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
-# vmstat 1 | LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libstdbuf.so \\
+# vmstat 1 | LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libstdbuf.so \e
     STDBUF_1=L awk '$2 > 1 || $3 > 1' | cat -n
 .Ed
 .Pp

diff --git a/lib/libutil/login.conf.5 b/lib/libutil/login.conf.5
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ and
 characters, which are substituted for a user's home directory and name
 respectively.
 To pass these characters literally into the environment variable, escape
-the character by preceding it with a backslash '\\'.
+the character by preceding it with a backslash '\e'.
 .Pp
 The
 .Em host.allow

diff --git a/libexec/bootpd/bootptab.5 b/libexec/bootpd/bootptab.5
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ Blank lines and lines beginning with "#" are ignored in the configuration
 file.
 Host entries are separated from one another by newlines; a single host
 entry may be extended over multiple lines if the lines end with a backslash
-(\\).
+(\e).
 It is also acceptable for lines to be longer than 80 characters.
 Tags
 may appear in any order, with the following exceptions: the hostname must be
@@ -389,13 +389,13 @@ file follows:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 # Sample bootptab file (domain=andrew.cmu.edu)
 
-\&.default:\\
-	:hd=/usr/boot:bf=null:\\
-	:ds=netserver, lancaster:\\
-	:ns=pcs2, pcs1:\\
-	:ts=pcs2, pcs1:\\
-	:sm=255.255.255.0:\\
-	:gw=gw.cs.cmu.edu:\\
+\&.default:\e
+	:hd=/usr/boot:bf=null:\e
+	:ds=netserver, lancaster:\e
+	:ns=pcs2, pcs1:\e
+	:ts=pcs2, pcs1:\e
+	:sm=255.255.255.0:\e
+	:gw=gw.cs.cmu.edu:\e
 	:hn:to=-18000:
 
 carnegie:ht=6:ha=7FF8100000AF:tc=.default:
@@ -406,9 +406,9 @@ bairdford:ht=1:ha=08002B02A2F9:tc=.default:
 bakerstown:ht=1:ha=08002B0287C8:tc=.default:
 
 # Special domain name server and option tags for next host
-butlerjct:ha=08002001560D:ds=128.2.13.42:\\
-	:T37=0x12345927AD3BCF:\\
-	:T99="Special ASCII string":\\
+butlerjct:ha=08002001560D:ds=128.2.13.42:\e
+	:T37=0x12345927AD3BCF:\e
+	:T99="Special ASCII string":\e
 	:tc=.default:
 
 gastonville:ht=6:ha=7FFF81000A47:tc=.default:

diff --git a/libexec/comsat/comsat.8 b/libexec/comsat/comsat.8
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ the group execute bit turned on (by a
 .Dq Nm biff Cm b ) ,
 two bell characters
 .Tn ( ASCII
-\\007) are printed on the user's terminal.
+\e007) are printed on the user's terminal.
 .Pp
 If
 .Ar mailbox-name

diff --git a/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.8 b/sbin/ccdconfig/ccdconfig.8
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ and read it from
 .Fx .
 .Bd -literal
 # Create a RAID-0 on Linux:
-mdadm --create --chunk=32 --level=0 --raid-devices=2 /dev/md0 \\
+mdadm --create --chunk=32 --level=0 --raid-devices=2 /dev/md0 \e
    /dev/hda1 /dev/hdb1
 # Make the RAID-0 just created available on FreeBSD:
 ccdconfig -c /dev/ccd0 32 linux /dev/ada0s1 /dev/ada0s2

diff --git a/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8 b/sbin/dumpon/dumpon.8
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ on the vtnet0 interface, add the following to
 .Bd -literal
 case $reason in
 BOUND|REBIND|REBOOT|RENEW)
-	if [ "$interface" != vtnet0 ] || [ -n "$old_ip_address" -a \\
+	if [ "$interface" != vtnet0 ] || [ -n "$old_ip_address" -a \e
 	     "$old_ip_address" = "$new_ip_address" ]; then
 		break
 	fi