Quirky /ad/ behaviour

[VaibhavVerma21]

Environment

date -> The current date is: 06-07-2026

r2 -v ->
radare2 6.1.8 +1 abi:110 @ windows-x86_64
birth: git.6.1.8 Tue 06/23/2026__12:05:51.15
commit: d904d02e1157b45135c6e61651d890bac8abe873
options: gpl -O? cs:5 cl:1 meson

echo %PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE% -> AMD64
Windows OS

Description

I expect to see the same good search on all 3 commands. My understanding is that in first prompt, the quotes also become a part of the pattern instead of 'quoting' the pattern. Without the quotes, the semicolon executes it as two different commands, escaping the semicolon also doesn't return a good result. I can provide more details if asked.

Test

[trufae]

The ; is a special character that splits commands. Quoting arguments is not a thing in the r2 shell syntax parser. You need to quote the whole thing or use the single quote (to prefix the whole command) to disable special character parsing.

In this case yes: quotes in the first command ar part of the command argument, but also the ; splits in two separate commands. Whats strange to me is that d38 command doesnt trigger an error in the shell.

So considering results are inconsistent, ill take alook and see how can i improve the situation because i see different unexpected behaviours here

Thanks for reporting! For some reason this ticket didnt reached my mail and i missed it until now.

[trufae]

First PR towards this #26266