fish-shell/doc_src/cmds/string-escape.rst
Aurelio Jargas 0304135d2b
docs: Use \ instead of \\ in examples (#7286)
Instead of informing the bell character (hex 07), the example was using
an escaped \ followed by x07.

    $ echo \\x07
    \x07
    $ echo \x07

    $ echo \x07 | od -a
    0000000 bel  nl
    0000002
    $

* docs: Use \u instead of \\u

Instead of informing the Unicode character 慡, this example was using an
escaped \ followed by u6161.

    $ echo \\u6161
    \u6161
    $ echo \u6161
    慡

Before:

    $ string escape --style=var 'a1 b2'\\u6161 | string unescape --style=var
    a1 b2\u6161

Now:

    $ string escape --style=var 'a1 b2'\u6161 | string unescape --style=var
    a1 b2慡
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string-escape - escape special characters
=========================================
Synopsis
--------
.. BEGIN SYNOPSIS
::
string escape [(-n | --no-quoted)] [--style=xxx] [STRING...]
string unescape [--style=xxx] [STRING...]
.. END SYNOPSIS
Description
-----------
.. BEGIN DESCRIPTION
``string escape`` escapes each STRING in one of three ways. The first is ``--style=script``. This is the default. It alters the string such that it can be passed back to ``eval`` to produce the original argument again. By default, all special characters are escaped, and quotes are used to simplify the output when possible. If ``-n`` or ``--no-quoted`` is given, the simplifying quoted format is not used. Exit status: 0 if at least one string was escaped, or 1 otherwise.
``--style=var`` ensures the string can be used as a variable name by hex encoding any non-alphanumeric characters. The string is first converted to UTF-8 before being encoded.
``--style=url`` ensures the string can be used as a URL by hex encoding any character which is not legal in a URL. The string is first converted to UTF-8 before being encoded.
``--style=regex`` escapes an input string for literal matching within a regex expression. The string is first converted to UTF-8 before being encoded.
``string unescape`` performs the inverse of the ``string escape`` command. If the string to be unescaped is not properly formatted it is ignored. For example, doing ``string unescape --style=var (string escape --style=var $str)`` will return the original string. There is no support for unescaping ``--style=regex``.
.. END DESCRIPTION
Examples
--------
.. BEGIN EXAMPLES
::
>_ echo \x07 | string escape
\cg
>_ string escape --style=var 'a1 b2'\u6161
a1_20_b2_E6_85_A1_
.. END EXAMPLES