disable backslash escape for command line parameters

[Wenhua Zhao]

Hi all,

Is it possible to disable backslash escape for command line parameters?

I am trying to define a function, wcd, in Cygwin to cd to windows
pathname. If I type

wcd C:\Windows

The function will execute

cd /cygdrive/c/Windows

Here is my function

function wcd {
cd /cygdrive/`echo $1 | tr -d ':' | tr [A-Z\] [a-z/]`
}

The problem with this function is that I must single quote the parameter

wcd 'C:\Windows'

Is there any way to escape the single quote?

Thanks,
Wenhua

[WANG Cong]

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:35:02 -0800, Wenhua Zhao wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to disable backslash escape for command line parameters?
>
> I am trying to define a function, wcd, in Cygwin to cd to windows
> pathname. If I type
>
> wcd C:\Windows
>
> The function will execute
>
> cd /cygdrive/c/Windows
>
> Here is my function
>
> function wcd {
> cd /cygdrive/`echo $1 | tr -d ':' | tr [A-Z\] [a-z/]`
> }
>
> The problem with this function is that I must single quote the parameter
>
> wcd 'C:\Windows'

What's wrong with using single quotes for you? And window$ is designed
like that, get used to it.

>
> Is there any way to escape the single quote?

Why do you want to *escape* single quotes here?

Yes, you can use "'" to get a single quote, or simply \'.

[Will Renkel]

xiyou.w...@gmail.com wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:35:02 -0800, Wenhua Zhao wrote:
>

>> Hi all,
>>
>> Is it possible to disable backslash escape for command line parameters?
>>
>> I am trying to define a function, wcd, in Cygwin to cd to windows
>> pathname. If I type
>>

>> wcd C:.Windows

>>
>> The function will execute
>>
>> cd /cygdrive/c/Windows
>>
>> Here is my function
>>
>> function wcd {

>> cd /cygdrive/`echo $1 | tr -d ':' | tr [A-Z.] [a-z/]`

>> }
>>
>> The problem with this function is that I must single quote the parameter
>>

>> wcd 'C:.Windows'

>
>What's wrong with using single quotes for you? And window$ is designed
>like that, get used to it.
>
>>

>> Is there any way to escape the single quote?
>

>Why do you want to *escape* single quotes here?
>

>Yes, you can use "'" to get a single quote, or simply .'.

Dont see the need for what you are doing.
did you try just enter cd C:Windows?
Works for me

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Will Renkel
Wheaton, Ill.

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[bb]

Escape \ with an extra \
tr "[:upper:]\\" "[:lower:]/"

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[Kaz Kylheku]

On 2009-11-24, Wenhua Zhao <whz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Is it possible to disable backslash escape for command line parameters?
>
> I am trying to define a function, wcd, in Cygwin to cd to windows
> pathname. If I type
>
> wcd C:\Windows

You idiot! :)

Firstly, the Windows operating system accepts either forward or
backslashes. The path C:/Windows works just fine in Cygwin. Has it
ooccured to you to just try:

$ ls c:/windows

In fact, newsflash: every Microsoft operating system between MS-DOS and
now has supported forward /and/ backslashes as path separators, at the
same time.

The lack of support for forward slashes is a disease of badly
written application-level software, including the command interpreter.
The operating system itself supports it.

In early MS-DOS versions, there was a little-known variable or option
in the COMMAND.COM interpreter (can't remember which) by which you could
tell it what character to recognize as path separator. You could run the
interpreter in a forward slash mode. This feature disappeared, leaving
the command interpreter hard-coded to backslashes.

> The problem with this function is that I must single quote the parameter
>
> wcd 'C:\Windows'

You can escape a backslash by doubling it.

Not that you need to, but you can type C:\\Windows.