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Escapes a given input string so any "special" character will be escaped with \ (backslash)

steps-utils-bash-string-escaper

Escapes a given input string so any "special" character will be escaped with \

Useful for escaping another program's input as a string or for saving the input content as a value in an environment profile file like ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc

The escaped result is meant to be used inside quotation marks, the way it's used in the included examples.

Examples

The string:

This is a "special" string with 'things' like $this

Will become (with default option):

This\ is\ a\ \"special\"\ string\ with\ \'things\'\ like\ \$this

or with "--no-space" option:

This is a \"special\" string with \'things\' like \$this

You can find examples of how to use these scripts in the _example folder, and the automatic tests in the _test folder.