Function: eshell-parse-literal-quote

eshell-parse-literal-quote is a byte-compiled function defined in esh-arg.el.gz.

Signature

(eshell-parse-literal-quote)

Documentation

Parse a literally quoted string. Nothing has special meaning!

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/eshell/esh-arg.el.gz
(defun eshell-parse-literal-quote ()
  "Parse a literally quoted string.  Nothing has special meaning!"
  (if (eq (char-after) ?\')
      (let ((end (eshell-find-delimiter ?\' ?\')))
	(if (not end)
            (throw 'eshell-incomplete "'")
	  (let ((string (buffer-substring-no-properties (1+ (point)) end)))
	    (goto-char (1+ end))
	    (while (string-match "''" string)
	      (setq string (replace-match "'" t t string)))
	    (list 'eshell-escape-arg string))))))