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authorChet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>2023-05-09 10:33:56 -0400
committerChet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>2023-05-09 10:33:56 -0400
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subshells should not inherit FIFOs; initial framework for nofork (foreground) command substitutions
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@@ -9539,7 +9539,7 @@ in the same way as \fBecho \-e\fP.
.B %q
causes \fBprintf\fP to output the corresponding
\fIargument\fP in a format that can be reused as shell input.
-\fB%q\fP and \fB%Q\fP use the \fB$''\fP quoting style if any characters
+\fB%q\fP and \fB%Q\fP use the \fB$\(aq\(aq\fP quoting style if any characters
in the argument string require it, and backslash quoting otherwise.
If the format string uses the \fIprintf\fP alternate form, these two
formats quote the argument string using single quotes.