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commit 5f4025d141b3d542904898fd2259be753999e9c7
parent 3121d87811b71b31633d4cb0e4d365237857db49
Author: Anders Damsgaard <anders@adamsgaard.dk>
Date:   Mon, 25 Feb 2019 21:55:18 +0100

Use printf to handle special characters in strings

Diffstat:
M
links/bin/define
 | 
15
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1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/links/bin/define b/links/bin/define
@@ -48,12 +48,13 @@ while :; do
     shift
 done
 
+definition=""
 for word in "$@"; do
-    definition="$(define "$word" | remove_comm_msgs)"
-    if [[ $(echo "$definition" | wc -l) -gt $(tput lines) ]] && \
-        [[ "$pager" = 1 ]]; then
-        echo "$definition" | less
-    else
-        echo "$definition"
-    fi
+    definition="${definition}\n$(define "$word" | remove_comm_msgs)"
 done
+if [[ $(printf "$definition" | wc -l) -gt $(tput lines) ]] && \
+    [[ "$pager" = 1 ]]; then
+    printf "$definition" | less
+else
+    printf "$definition"
+fi