Re: Exclamation points in quoted strings

[Ethan Glasser-Camp]

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Chet Ramey wrote:
> Not true, in general.  Posix specifies the characters the backslash
> can escape in double-quoted strings.  You happened to choose three of
> the five.
> 
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/xcu_chap02.html#tag_02
> _02_01
> 
>   The backslash shall retain its special meaning as an escape character
>   (see Escape Character (Backslash)) only when followed by one of the
>   following characters when considered special:
> 
>       $   `   "   \   <newline>

I think I see. So the backslash isn't counting as an escape character
here, and so passes through without being removed, but does inhibit
history expansion anyhow?

Thanks a lot! I still think the behavior is confusing, but at least I
know why it happens.

Ethan
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