On 3/17/21 12:43 PM, Alex fxmbsw7 Ratchev wrote: > it makes the output no more possible if interpreted by tty > the \e's get processed by terminal and no more .. just an example where it > is so: > > var=$'1\e[G\e[K2' ; declare -p var > > if G was H for other line then it completly messes the terminal up > > isnt it better to escape by \e ? ..
Why is it the bash script interpreter's job to escape user-supplied strings based on how a terminal emulator chooses to *visually* display the results? -- Eli Schwartz Arch Linux Bug Wrangler and Trusted User
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