I learned recently that escaping characters in zsh/bash also works for parameter expansion: # zsh using flags ${(flags)name} % string="This is a string wit

I learned recently that escaping characters in zsh/bash also works for parameter expansion: # zsh using flags ${(flags)name} % string="This is a string with \"\"\" and ''' and \"\" again ''. Also such stuff as & % # ;" % echo $string This is a string with """ and ''' and "" again ''. Also such stuff as & % # ; % echo ${(q)string} This\ is\ a\ string\ with\ \"\"\"\ and\ \'\'\'\ and\ \"\"\ again\ \'\'.\ Also\ such\ stuff\ as\ \&\ %\ \#\ \; # bash using operators ${name@operator} % string="This is a string with \"\"\" and ''' and \"\" again ''. Also such stuff as & % # ;" % echo $string This is a string with """ and ''' and "" again ''. Also such stuff as & % # ; % echo ${string@Q} 'This is a string with """ and '\'''\'''\'' and "" again '\'''\''. Also such stuff as & % # ;' Wow, so easy then, I remember struggling so many times in the past when e.g. iterating over filenames with unusual cahracters. /edit: fix markup