Echoing weird variables.

ahmad.diab · #1 (**permalink**) 4 Weeks Ago

kindly find below:-

Code:

var="'(]\\{}\$\""
echo $var         #  it wil give this  '(]\{}$"
echo "$var"       # '(]\{}$" Doesn't make a difference why???.


if we set IFS to '\' also the below happens
IFS='\'
echo $var          # '(] {}$"        \ converted to space. Why? weird!!
echo "$var"        # '(]\{}$"

jsmithstl · #2 (**permalink**) 4 Weeks Ago

What are you expecting it to return?

ahmad.diab · #3 (**permalink**) 4 Weeks Ago

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsmithstl

What are you expecting it to return?

Code:

IFS='\'
echo $var          # '(] {}$"
echo "$var"        # '(]\{}$"

expected  o/p is
'(]\\{}\$\"

jsmithstl · #4 (**permalink**) 4 Weeks Ago

Not sure if this helps, but I tried various ways to set IFS=\ with no luck. To get the output you're looking for I did:

var=\'\(]\\\\\\{}\$\\\"

echo $var

'(]\\{}$\"

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