.TH STRING-ESCAPE 1 "December 3, 2010" OpenBSD
.SH NAME
string-escape - preventing string interpolation
.SH DESCRIPTION
.ds right wrong
.ds inner *[right]
.ds outer \\*[inner]
.SS Normal interpolation
result: \*[inner]
.PP
The above line must be "result: *[right]".
.SS Intervening character
result: \e*[right]
.PP
The above line must be "result: backslash*[right]",
not "result: rong".
.SS Escaped backslash
result: \\*[right]
.PP
The above line must be "result: backslash*[right]",
not "result: rong".
.SS Delayed interpolation
result: \*[outer]
.PP
The above line must be "result: *[right]",
not "result: wrong".