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## 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 f(CW*(C`ee*(C' and f(CW*(C`en*(C' 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 f(CW*(C`METAGET*(C'.

## SEE ALSO

debconf-devel|(7) (available in the debconf-doc package)

## AUTHOR

Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>