Re: What does extquote do

2005-10-16 Thread Chet Ramey
Enrique Perez-Terron wrote: > I am unable to make sense of the bash man-page description of the > extquote shopt option. > > It says: > > extquote >If set, $’string’ and $"string" quoting is performed within >${parameter} expansions enclosed in double quotes. This option >is enable

What does extquote do

2005-10-16 Thread Enrique Perez-Terron
I am unable to make sense of the bash man-page description of the extquote shopt option. It says: extquote If set, $’string’ and $"string" quoting is performed within ${parameter} expansions enclosed in double quotes. This option is enabled by default. Can anybody come up with an ex