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Re: escaping
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: escaping |
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Wed, 03 Oct 2001 13:42:13 -0400 |
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"leo" <stijn.gunst@student.kuleuven.ac.be@telenet-ops.be> wrote:
> echo "\z" #when using double quotes, every special character is turned off
> except variable and argument substitution ($), backticks and backslash.
man bash, see QUOTING:
Enclosing characters in double quotes preserves the lit=AD
eral value of all characters within the quotes, with the
exception of $, `, and \. The characters $ and ` retain
their special meaning within double quotes. The backslash
retains its special meaning only when followed by one of
the following characters: $, `, ", \, or <newline>. A
double quote may be quoted within double quotes by preced=AD
ing it with a backslash.
paul