Re: LF becomes BACKSLASH LF in 'declare -p'

[Chet Ramey]

William Park wrote:
> 
> Description:
>       'declare -p' adds backslash (\) in front of newline.  When this
>       is fed back, the newline disappears.  Should this happen?
> 
> Repeat-By:
>       0 node1:~$ a='11
>       > 22'
>       0 node1:~$ declare -p a
>       declare -- a="11\
>       22"
> 
>       'declare -p' supposed to print stuffs that can be fed back.  So,
>       when it is fed back, the newline disappears.
> 
>       0 node1:~$ declare b="11\
>       > 22"
>       0 node1:~$ declare -p b
>       declare -- b="1122"

That behavior is correct -- backslash-newline disappears unless it
appears within single quotes.  The problem is that the newline is
being quoted in the declare output.  I will take a look.

Chet
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