embed backslash in shell script

[Timothy Nibbe]

I am trying create a shell script that appends users to smbusers.

The added line should look like:

8_charid = domain\long_userid

I would think that this line should work:

echo $1" = domain\\"$2 >> /etc/samba/smbusers

It doesn't always work. The most interesting case is if $2 starts with an 'n', it is interpreted as a carriage return.

Example:

# test,sh mmmm nnnn

# cat smbusers
mmmm = domain
nnn

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I would have expected it to be:

# test,sh mmmm nnnn

# cat smbusers
mmmm = domain\nnnn

[Tingli · Accepted solution]

You can use ' instead of ".

[Timothy Nibbe]

Thanks, the ' instead of " worked.