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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Using read with escaped variables Post 302910284 by newbie2010 on Wednesday 23rd of July 2014 12:04:20 PM
Old 07-23-2014
Using read with escaped variables

Not sure if this is possible, but I'm trying to read in a variable that needs to have its escape backslashes intact. So the person who enters the actual value does not have to type any \ characters. Example:

Code:
read list
X1000\ filecab.txt

echo "$list"

In this case the \ needs to be entered by the person who is prompted to enter input. Is there a way to preformat the read so that the \ can be inserted after the fifth character, and then a space created? Or does the person doing the input just have to remember to enter it each time?
 

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ADDCSLASHES(3)								 1							    ADDCSLASHES(3)

addcslashes - Quote string with slashes in a C style

SYNOPSIS
string addcslashes (string $str, string $charlist) DESCRIPTION
Returns a string with backslashes before characters that are listed in $charlist parameter. PARAMETERS
o $str - The string to be escaped. o $charlist - A list of characters to be escaped. If $charlist contains characters , etc., they are converted in C-like style, while other non-alphanumeric characters with ASCII codes lower than 32 and higher than 126 converted to octal representation. When you define a sequence of characters in the charlist argument make sure that you know what characters come between the characters that you set as the start and end of the range. <?php echo addcslashes('foo[ ]', 'A..z'); // output: foo[ ] // All upper and lower-case letters will be escaped // ... but so will the []^_` ?> <?php echo addcslashes("zoo['.']", 'z..A'); // output: zoo['.'] ?> RETURN VALUES
Returns the escaped string. CHANGELOG
+--------+---------------------------------------------+ |Version | | | | | | | Description | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------+ | 5.2.5 | | | | | | | The escape sequences v and f were added. | | | | +--------+---------------------------------------------+ EXAMPLES
$charlist like "..37", which would escape all characters with ASCII code between 0 and 31. Example #1 addcslashes(3) example <?php $escaped = addcslashes($not_escaped, "..37!@177..377"); ?> SEE ALSO
stripcslashes(3), stripslashes(3), addslashes(3), htmlspecialchars(3), quotemeta(3). PHP Documentation Group ADDCSLASHES(3)
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