postgresql 8.1.5 psql -P recordsep='\n' not work

Hello All.

I want to output result of query with double newline record separated.

For example:

psql -At -P recordsep="\n\n" -U postgres -c "select generate_series(1,3)"

1

2

3

But my result is:

psql -At -P recordsep="\n\n" -U postgres -d chronopay -c "select
generate_series(1,3)"

1\n\n2\n\n3

Simple newline not work too:

psql -At -P recordsep="\n" -U postgres -d chronopay -c "select
generate_series(1,3)"

1\n2\n3

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psql -At -P recordsep='\n\n' -U postgres -d chronopay -c "select
generate_series(1,3)"

psql -At -R '\n\n' -U postgres -d chronopay -c "select generate_series(1,3)"

psql -At -R "\n\n" -U postgres -d chronopay -c "select generate_series(1,3)"

no resultat

Is it a bug?

p.s. PostgreSQL 8.1.5 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC)
3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-3)

Thanks.