[X-Unix] Converting Path Type

[Eugene]

On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 08:32:59PM CDT, Dave Higgins <dave at just4.com> wrote:
: 
: I've searched through dozens of man pages and all over Google but  
: can't seem to find this one...
: 
: Can someone point me to a command line command that would convert a  
: quoted file path to an escaped path? Meaning:
: 
: Convert...
: 
: "/Volumes/Main HD/Dave's Stuff/file.txt"
: 
: to
: 
: /Volumes/Main\ HD/Dave\'s\ Stuff/file.txt

echo "/Volumes/Main HD/Dave's Stuff/file.txt" | sed -e 's/ /\\ /g' -e "s/\\'/\\\\\\'/g"

Of course there are easier ways to do it in other scripting languages,
because you can avoid some/most problems with "quoting hell"....


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Eugene
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