Package: devscripts Version: 2.12.6 Severity: minor $ printf '%s\n' '\f\o\o' \f\o\o $ annotate-output printf '%s\n' '\f\o\o' 20:55:06 I: Started printf %s\n \f\o\o 20:55:06 O: foo 20:55:06 I: Finished with exitcode 0 (Note that the blackslash characters are gone...) -- Jakub Wilk