T5996: add smoketest to check translation of backslash character

(cherry picked from commit d2df08856ddc5a6132544d73e1beb3074a352508)

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diff --git a/smoketest/scripts/cli/test_backslash_escape.py b/smoketest/scripts/cli/test_backslash_escape.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2024 VyOS maintainers and contributors
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import unittest
+
+from base_vyostest_shim import VyOSUnitTestSHIM
+from vyos.configtree import ConfigTree
+
+base_path = ['interfaces', 'ethernet', 'eth0', 'description']
+
+cases_word = [r'fo\o', r'fo\\o', r'foço\o', r'foço\\o']
+# legacy CLI output quotes only if whitespace present; this is a notable
+# difference that confounds the translation legacy -> modern, hence
+# determines the regex used in function replace_backslash
+cases_phrase = [r'some fo\o', r'some fo\\o', r'some foço\o', r'some foço\\o']
+
+case_save_config = '/tmp/smoketest-case-save'
+
+class TestBackslashEscape(VyOSUnitTestSHIM.TestCase):
+    def test_backslash_escape_word(self):
+        for case in cases_word:
+            self.cli_set(base_path + [case])
+            self.cli_commit()
+            # save_config tests translation though subsystems:
+            # legacy output -> config -> configtree -> file
+            self._session.save_config(case_save_config)
+            # reload to configtree and confirm:
+            with open(case_save_config) as f:
+                config_string = f.read()
+            ct = ConfigTree(config_string)
+            res = ct.return_value(base_path)
+            self.assertEqual(case, res, msg=res)
+            print(f'description: {res}')
+            self.cli_delete(base_path)
+            self.cli_commit()
+
+    def test_backslash_escape_phrase(self):
+        for case in cases_phrase:
+            self.cli_set(base_path + [case])
+            self.cli_commit()
+            # save_config tests translation though subsystems:
+            # legacy output -> config -> configtree -> file
+            self._session.save_config(case_save_config)
+            # reload to configtree and confirm:
+            with open(case_save_config) as f:
+                config_string = f.read()
+            ct = ConfigTree(config_string)
+            res = ct.return_value(base_path)
+            self.assertEqual(case, res, msg=res)
+            print(f'description: {res}')
+            self.cli_delete(base_path)
+            self.cli_commit()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main(verbosity=2)