Bug ID 1137413: F5OS prompt parses \t incorrectly

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
F5OS F5OS-A, F5OS-C, Velos(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
F5OS-A 1.0.0, F5OS-A 1.0.1, F5OS-A 1.1.0, F5OS-A 1.1.1, F5OS-A 1.3.0, F5OS-A 1.3.1, F5OS-A 1.3.2, F5OS-A 1.4.0, F5OS-C 1.2.1, F5OS-C 1.2.2, F5OS-C 1.3.0, F5OS-C 1.3.1, F5OS-C 1.3.2, F5OS-C 1.5.0, F5OS-C 1.5.1

Fixed In:
F5OS-C 1.8.0

Opened: Aug 18, 2022

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

F5OS prompt converts \t into a tab character instead of displaying the time.

Impact

The prompt displays a tab character instead of the time.

Conditions

Configure prompt1/prompt2 using below CLI commnad: ""prompt2 "Config \d \h \t #"" prompt will convert '\t' into tab: syscon-2-active# config Entering configuration mode terminal Config 2022-08-04 syscon-2-active #

Workaround

Put the prompt string in single-quotes, or use "\\t".

Fix Information

Put the prompt string in single-quotes, or use "\\t".

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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