On Sat, 27 May 2023, Brian Candler wrote: >> has the effect you want; the first backslash is eaten by the >> local shell. >> > Or is it? > > $ echo "ls -l a\ b" > ls -l a\ b Ah oops, in POSIX only when followed by [$`"\\\n] of course. I’m not fond of “loose” backslashes though. That does not detract from the point, ofc. > Other shells may be different, of course. That they do. (Same for echo: that may *also* eat that backslash. For echo, basically, if the first argument begins with a hyphen-minus or any argument contains a backslash, its use is not portable.) bye, //mirabilos -- Infrastrukturexperte • tarent solutions GmbH Am Dickobskreuz 10, D-53121 Bonn • http://www.tarent.de/ Telephon +49 228 54881-393 • Fax: +49 228 54881-235 HRB AG Bonn 5168 • USt-ID (VAT): DE122264941 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Stefan Barth, Kai Ebenrett, Boris Esser, Alexander Steeg **************************************************** /⁀\ The UTF-8 Ribbon ╲ ╱ Campaign against Mit dem tarent-Newsletter nichts mehr verpassen: ╳ HTML eMail! Also, https://www.tarent.de/newsletter ╱ ╲ header encryption! **************************************************** _______________________________________________ openssh-unix-dev mailing list openssh-unix-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.mindrot.org/mailman/listinfo/openssh-unix-dev
