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Neat, but only have 4.2 which gives bad substitution.

Walf
– Walf

2017-07-18 06:26:52 +00:00
Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 6:26
20

The Z shell equivalent is "${foo:q}".

JdeBP
– JdeBP

2017-07-18 12:04:38 +00:00
Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 12:04
2

@JdeBP that Z shell equivalent doesn't work. Any other ideas for zsh?

Steven Shaw
– Steven Shaw

2019-06-12 05:05:28 +00:00
Commented Jun 12, 2019 at 5:05
3

I found the answer: "${(@qq)foo}"

Steven Shaw
– Steven Shaw

2019-06-12 11:23:14 +00:00
Commented Jun 12, 2019 at 11:23
4

Note that ${var@Q} was actually copied from mksh, and is not among the safest to use. See my answer for details.

Stéphane Chazelas
– Stéphane Chazelas

2020-07-26 17:37:01 +00:00
Commented Jul 26, 2020 at 17:37

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