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Re: [Help-bash] How to print a string in the quote form not in the escap
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Matthew Cengia |
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Re: [Help-bash] How to print a string in the quote form not in the escaped form? |
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Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:06:10 +1000 |
No, there is not. It's escaped; why does it matter how it's escaped?
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 10:58 PM, Peng Yu <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi, printf %q will print the string in the escaped form.
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> ~$ printf '%q\n' "'"
> \'
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> I the above example, I'd like to print it as "'" (including the double
> quote). Is there a way to do so? Thanks.
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> Regards,
> Peng
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Regards,
Matthew Cengia