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| author |  Fabian Homborg <FHomborg@gmail.com> | 2015-09-20 15:31:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Fabian Homborg <FHomborg@gmail.com> | 2015-09-20 15:31:41 +0200 |
| commit | 7216e36cb1a06cef54e9eb544c394308f2ef08be (patch) | |
| tree | 9f1118595e092f39a82c8ba788ee4092bcd2875f /doc_src | |
| parent | 10a60b6ec2de642fc72db3e20657dd2c59951311 (diff) | |
Document that only variable expansion occurs in ""
Fixes #925
Diffstat (limited to 'doc_src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc_src/index.hdr.in | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc_src/index.hdr.in b/doc_src/index.hdr.in index 6db7bd52..0e5528f0 100644 --- a/doc_src/index.hdr.in +++ b/doc_src/index.hdr.in @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Switches differ between commands and are documented in the manual page for each \subsection quotes Quotes -Sometimes features such as <a href="#expand">parameter expansion</a> and <a href="#escapes">character escapes</a> get in the way. When that happens, the user can write a parameter within quotes, either `'` (single quote) or `"` (double quote). There is one important difference between single quoted and double quoted strings: When using double quoted string, <a href="#expand-variable">variable expansion</a> still takes place. Other than that, a quoted parameter will not be parameter expanded, may contain spaces, and escape sequences are ignored. The only backslash escape accepted within single quotes is `\'`, which escapes a single quote and `\\`, which escapes the backslash symbol. The only backslash escapes accepted within double quotes are `\"`, which escapes a double quote, `\$`, which escapes a dollar character, `\` followed by a newline, which deletes the backslash and the newline, and lastly `\\`, which escapes the backslash symbol. Single quotes have no special meaning within double quotes and vice versa. +Sometimes features such as <a href="#expand">parameter expansion</a> and <a href="#escapes">character escapes</a> get in the way. When that happens, the user can write a parameter within quotes, either `'` (single quote) or `"` (double quote). There is one important difference between single quoted and double quoted strings: When using double quoted string, <a href="#expand-variable">variable expansion</a> still takes place. Other than that, no other kind of expansion (including <a href="#expand-brace">brace expansion</a> and parameter expansion) will take place, the parameter may contain spaces, and escape sequences are ignored. The only backslash escape accepted within single quotes is `\'`, which escapes a single quote and `\\`, which escapes the backslash symbol. The only backslash escapes accepted within double quotes are `\"`, which escapes a double quote, `\$`, which escapes a dollar character, `\` followed by a newline, which deletes the backslash and the newline, and lastly `\\`, which escapes the backslash symbol. Single quotes have no special meaning within double quotes and vice versa. Example: |