Enhanced exep() incl api help

New helper function escpath() incl api help

sequencer/sequencer.sh

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
 ## Version information
 
-VERSION_REV=14
+VERSION_REV=15
 VERSION_MAJOR=0
-VERSION_MINOR=2
+VERSION_MINOR=0
 
 ## Start of generic script part
 
@@ -144,13 +144,23 @@ cat <<USAGE_API
                 verbose (-v): print command before execution
 
 USAGE_API
-echo -e "${GREEN} exep \"[COMMANDLINE]\"${NC}"
+echo -e "${GREEN} exep \"[COMMAND STRING(s)]\"${NC}"
 cat <<USAGE_API
     See exe, but support for pipes or redirects.
+      e.g.: exep echo hello world \\> \\'out put.log\\'
+            exep echo hello world \\> out\\\\ put.log
+            exep "echo hello world > 'out put.log'"
+            exep "echo hello world > out\\ put.log"
     Important:
-      - Shell commands cd, read, ... won't work because COMMANDLINE is started in a new shell.
+      - Shell commands cd, read, ... won't work because [COMMAND STRING(s)] is started in a new shell.
       - All apostrophes need to be esacped since the command line is given as string.
 
+USAGE_API
+echo -e "${GREEN} escpath <PATH>${NC}"
+cat <<USAGE_API
+    Escaping non-printable characters with the proposed POSIX $'' syntax
+      e.g. \$(escpath /my own/ho me/path) = $(escpath /my own/ho me/path)
+
 USAGE_API
 echo -e "${GREEN} initSeqConfig [OPTION] <NAME> [TEMPLATE]${NC}"
 cat <<USAGE_API
@@ -345,6 +355,11 @@ echoinfoArgs() {
   fi
 }
 
+# Escaping non-printable characters with the proposed POSIX $'' syntax
+escpath() {
+  printf "%q" "$*"
+}
+
 # endCheckEmpty <VariableName> [DESCRIPTION]
 #    DESCRIPTION : Optional text for error
 endCheckEmpty() {
@@ -1101,30 +1116,29 @@ showVersion() {
 }
 
 exe() {
-  local arr=("$@")
   if [ $DRY -ne 0 ] ; then
     echo -n "--"
   fi
   if [ $DRY -ne 0 ] || [ $VERBOSE -eq 1 ]  ; then
-    (set -x; : "${arr[@]}")
+    (set -x; : "$@")
   fi 
   
   if [ $DRY -eq 0 ] ; then 
-    "${arr[@]}"
+    "$@"
   fi
 }
 
 # Handle dry run and verbose output for commands containing pipe and/or redirects
-# exep <COMMAND TO RUN AS STRING>
+# exep <COMMAND AS STRING(S)>
 exep() {
   if [ $DRY -ne 0 ]  ; then
-    echo "--++ : $1"
+    echo "--++ : $*"
   elif [ $VERBOSE -eq 1 ] ; then
-    echo "++ : $1"
+    echo "++ : $*"
   fi
 
   if [ $DRY -eq 0 ] ; then 
-    bash -c "$1"
+    bash -c "$*"
   fi
 }