Re: string escaping in bash

[Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev]

i dunno ..thats what its supposed to give, \\ give a \
so the dude wanted in his initial mail[s]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 8:27 PM Lawrence Velázquez <vq@larryv.me> wrote:

> > 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
>
> --
> vq