Comment 1 for bug 530110

The bug is apparently in /bin/sh (i.e. dash) builtin 'echo'.

Try this with bash:

  mg@localhost:~ $ X="x\\cz"
  mg@localhost:~ $ echo "$X"
  x\cz

now the same with dash:

  $ X="x\\cz"
  $ echo "$X"
  x$

and one possible fix:

  $ /bin/echo "$X"
  x\cz