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Re: shell-quote-argument escapes '='
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: shell-quote-argument escapes '=' |
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Date: |
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:28:53 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> (shell-quote-argument "a=b")
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> I get:
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> "a\\=b"
Which is the printed representation of the string that contains
4 characters:
a\=b
> That's wrong, because it does not work in Bash:
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> $ echo "a\\=b"
> a\=b
You're not supposed to put quotes around nor to double the backslash:
$ echo a\=b
a=b
$
-- Stefan