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Diffstat (limited to 'pkgs/profpatsch/execline/escape.nix')
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diff --git a/pkgs/profpatsch/execline/escape.nix b/pkgs/profpatsch/execline/escape.nix new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d9a0be0c --- /dev/null +++ b/pkgs/profpatsch/execline/escape.nix @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +{ lib }: +let + # replaces " and \ to \" and \\ respectively and quote with " + # e.g. + # a"b\c -> "a\"b\\c" + # a\"bc -> "a\\\"bc" + # TODO upsteam into nixpkgs + escapeExeclineArg = arg: + ''"${builtins.replaceStrings [ ''"'' ''\'' ] [ ''\"'' ''\\'' ] (toString arg)}"''; + + # Escapes an execline (list of execline strings) to be passed to execlineb + # Give it a nested list of strings. Nested lists are interpolated as execline + # blocks ({}). + # Everything is quoted correctly. + # + # Example: + # escapeExecline [ "if" [ "somecommand" ] "true" ] + # == ''"if" { "somecommand" } "true"'' + escapeExecline = execlineList: lib.concatStringsSep " " + (let + go = arg: + if builtins.isString arg then [(escapeExeclineArg arg)] + else if lib.isDerivation arg then [(escapeExeclineArg arg)] + else if builtins.isList arg then [ "{" ] ++ builtins.concatMap go arg ++ [ "}" ] + else abort "escapeExecline can only hande nested lists of strings, was ${lib.generators.toPretty {} arg}"; + in builtins.concatMap go execlineList); + +in { + inherit escapeExecline; +} |