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DEBCONF-ESCAPE(1) Debconf DEBCONF-ESCAPE(1)
NAME
debconf-escape - helper when working with debconf's escape capability
SYNOPSIS
debconf-escape -e < unescaped-text
debconf-escape -u < escaped-text
DESCRIPTION
When debconf has the 'escape' capability set, it will expect commands you send it to have
backslashes and newlines escaped (as "\\" and "\n" respectively) and will in turn escape
backslashes and newlines in its replies. This can be used, for example, to substitute
multi-line strings into templates, or to get multi-line extended descriptions reliably
using "METAGET".
SEE ALSO
debconf-devel(7) (available in the debconf-doc package)
AUTHOR
Colin Watson <cjwatson AT debian.org>
2011-02-02 DEBCONF-ESCAPE(1)
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