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Old 02-19-2012
printing backslashes
Code:
printf "\\"

prints a backslash.how we can print multiple backslashes such as "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\".
Thanks
# 2  
Old 02-19-2012
Code:
for i in {1..10}; do printf "\\"; done

Code:
perl -e 'print "\\" x 10'

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Old 02-19-2012
So, it's not possible to achieve without a loop(i.e in a single printf())?

thanks
# 4  
Old 02-19-2012
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Originally Posted by pandeesh
So, it's not possible to achieve without a loop(i.e in a single printf())?

thanks
Yes, it is possible.
Code:
printf "\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"

or

Code:
printf -v backslash '%*s' 20; echo ${backslash// /\\}

or
Code:
eval printf -v backslash '%.0s\\' {1..20}; echo ${backslash}

# 5  
Old 02-19-2012
Use single quotes:

Code:
$ printf "%s\n" '\\\\\\'
\\\\\\

 
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