On 10/29/17 10:48 PM, Clark Wang wrote:
> See following example:
>
> [STEP 100] # echo $BASH_VERSION
> 4.4.12(2)-release
> [STEP 101] # v=abc
> [STEP 102] # printf '%q\n' $v
> abc
> [STEP 103] # printf '%s\n' "${v@Q}"
> 'abc'
> [STEP 104] #
>
> Is it possible to not quote the result since there's no special chars in
> the string? I would expect ${var@Q} to produce more concise result compared
> to `printf %q' since it's the new syntax. :)
The ${var@Q} syntax always quotes; that's why it exists in the first place.
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