On 3/1/22 10:29, Gordon Messmer wrote:
>
> Chris Schanzle mentioned off-list that a tab character had been
> replaced with spaces (I *knew* that should have been an attached file,
> shame on me). He also suggested an improvement that removes the tab
> character, so here's a second try.
Or not? Last try.
#!/bin/sh
declare -a cmdline
tab=$'\t'
eol=$'\n'
for arg in "$@"
do
arg="${arg//\\011/$tab}"
arg="${arg//\\012/$eol}"
arg="${arg//\\040/ }"
arg="${arg//\\134/\\}"
arg="${arg//\\\\/\\}"
cmdline+=("$arg")
done
"${cmdline[@]}"