diff -Naur mc-4.6.1-orig/src/subshell.c mc-4.6.1/src/subshell.c
--- mc-4.6.1-orig/src/subshell.c	2005-06-07 02:19:19.000000000 -0700
+++ mc-4.6.1/src/subshell.c	2006-11-03 12:54:30.000000000 -0800
@@ -722,17 +722,7 @@
      * Print every character in octal format with the leading backslash.
      * tcsh and zsh may require 4-digit octals, bash < 2.05b doesn't like them.
      */
-    if (subshell_type == BASH) {
-	for (; *s; s++) {
-	    /* Must quote numbers, so that they are not glued to octals */
-	    if (isalpha ((unsigned char) *s)) {
-		*d++ = (unsigned char) *s;
-	    } else {
-		sprintf (d, "\\%03o", (unsigned char) *s);
-		d += 4;
-	    }
-	}
-    } else {
+
 	for (; *s; s++) {
 	    if (isalnum ((unsigned char) *s)) {
 		*d++ = (unsigned char) *s;
@@ -741,7 +731,6 @@
 		d += 5;
 	    }
 	}
-    }
 
     memcpy (d, common_end, sizeof (common_end));