-e in echo means evaluate the following string. PHP double quotes evaluates by default. So for line, echo -e "\rMYCOMMAND\r" > /dev/ttyS1 you'd write file_put_contents("/dev/ttyS1", "\rMYCOMMAND\r"); I am using file_put_contents as it opens the fie, write content and closes it which is exactly what "echo" is doing in your command. On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 10:04 PM Danny <mynixmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes I have ... ;) ... The problem I am experiencing is that the "-e" > following > the echo command is also sent to /dev/ttyS1 ... > > On Feb 02 16, shiplu : > > To: Danny <mynixmail@xxxxxxxxx>, php-general General List > > <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 15:57:35 +0000 > > From: shiplu <shiplu.net@xxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: Escaping BASH quotes > > > > Did you try opening that device file directly with php's built-in fopen > and > > write those strings with fwrite? > > > > On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 9:09 pm Danny <mynixmail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I need to send a command to BASH with quotes ... I have tried > escapeshelarg > > () > > and escapeshellcmd ... but somewhere I still have a bug: > > > here are the BASH commands I need to escape: > echo -e "\rMYCOMMAND\r" > /dev/ttyS1 > echo -e ":AB7ASD-02:Command Msg:VF3LPO" > /dev/ttyS1 > echo -e "\r\03\r" > /dev/ttyS1 > > > > At the moment I am using exec() to send these lines ... > > > > Any pointers? > > > > Thank you > > > > Danny > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >