While the final and most portable solution is a bit convoluted, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12162010/posix-sh-equivalent-for-bash-s-printf-q http://s

While the final and most portable solution is a bit convoluted, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12162010/posix-sh-equivalent-for-bash-s-printf-q http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12162010/posix-sh-equival... for other related ideas.