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Old 05-30-2018
Add backslash and apostrophe to string in variable.
Hi All

I want to add backslash and apostrophe to variable in my bash script.


I have my variable:
Code:
USER_LIST=USER1,USER2,USER3

and I want something like this:
Code:
USER_LIST_DEL=/'USER1/',/'USER2/',/'USER3/'

any ideas ??
# 2  
Old 05-30-2018
How about
Code:
USER_LIST_DEL=$(IFS=,; for u in $USER_LIST; do echo -n "/'$u/'",; done)

or
Code:
USER_LIST_DEL=/\'${USER_LIST//,//\',/\'}/\'

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