Re: string escaping in bash

[Lawrence Velázquez]

> On Mar 12, 2021, at 2:08 PM, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev <fxmbsw7@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> in my logic it expanded fine, and im experienced
> i dont wanna claim what isnt, i just say dont say it wont work till its
> proven so

bash-5.1$ str='slash slash one \\1'
bash-5.1$ str=${str//\\\\/$'\1'} str=${str//\\n/$'\n'} str=${str//\\t/$'\t'}
bash-5.1$ str=${str//$'\1'/\\}
bash-5.1$ printf '%s\n' "$str"
slash slash one \1

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