Follow-up Comment #2, bug #64816 (project findutils): Oh and just for the records:
If I'm not mistaken, bash's implementation of `%q` in its `printf` builtin can be found at: https://github.com/bminor/bash/blob/ec8113b9861375e4e17b3307372569d429dec814/builtins/printf.def#L595-L644 with the actual work horses being: https://github.com/bminor/bash/blob/ec8113b9861375e4e17b3307372569d429dec814/lib/sh/strtrans.c#L230-L317 or: https://github.com/bminor/bash/blob/ec8113b9861375e4e17b3307372569d429dec814/lib/sh/shquote.c#L261-L312 (notice that these are unofficial git mirrors) Also note, that for such functionality to be useful in the way I propose, it would be crucial that the escaping is done right, so that and arbitrary input string is quoted in a manner so that it can really be safely re-used as input (e.g. in `eval`) without any expansions/substitutions/etc. happening. _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64816> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/
