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<h1> The <tt>s6-quote</tt> program </h1>
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s6-quote quotes a string and writes it to stdout.
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<h2> Interface </h2>
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s6-quote [ -n ] [ -u ] [ -d <em>delim</em> ] <em>string</em>
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<li> s6-quote quotes <em>string</em>, putting it inside double quotes
and escaping all dubious characters </li>
<li> It writes the quoted string to stdout and exits 0 </li>
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<h2> Options </h2>
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<li> <tt>-n</tt> : do not print a trailing newline </li>
<li> <tt>-u</tt> : do not put <em>string</em> inside double quotes, only escape
characters if needed </li>
<li> <tt>-d</tt> <em>delim</em> : use the first character of <em>delim</em>
as a quote character, instead of double quotes </li>
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<h2> Notes </h2>
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<li> Quoted strings are guaranteed to be pure printable ASCII, without control characters. </li>
<li> Quoted strings can be unquoted via the <a href="s6-unquote.html">s6-unquote</a> or
<a href="s6-unquote-filter.html">s6-unquote-filter</a> programs. </li>
<li> Quoted strings are suitable for interpretation by
<a href="//skarnet.org/software/execline/execlineb.html">execlineb</a>. </li>
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