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Oct 15, 2021 at 5:10 comment added Stéphane Chazelas +1 beware though that with env FOO="$(printf "%b" 'hello\nworld\n\n\n')", all the trailing newline characters would be removed by the command substitution. bash and zsh support printf -v tmp %b "$string_with_escapes"; env FOO="$tmp" ... but in zsh, you'd rather use env FOO=${(g::)string ... (echo-style, though \c not handled) or ${(g:o:)string} (C/usual-style)
Oct 14, 2021 at 20:50 history answered Toby Speight CC BY-SA 4.0