Re: What does extquote do

[Chet Ramey]

Enrique Perez-Terron wrote:
> I am unable to make sense of the bash man-page description of the
> extquote shopt option.
> 
> It says:
> 
>   extquote
>    If set, $’string’ and $"string" quoting is performed within
>    ${parameter} expansions enclosed in double quotes.  This option
>    is enabled by default.
> 
> Can anybody come up with an example where the setting of extquote
> makes a difference?   I would actually like to have two examples,
> one with $'string' and one with $"string".

Sure.  Run the following:

shopt -u extquote

echo "${v:-$"translate me"}"
echo "${v:-$'ab\ncd'}"

shopt -s extquote

echo "${v:-$"translate me"}"
echo "${v:-$'ab\ncd'}"

Chet
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