{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "debconf-escape",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/debconf-escape/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-03T01:41:56Z",
    "synopsis": "debconf-escape -e < unescaped-text\ndebconf-escape -u < escaped-text",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "debconf-escape - helper when working with debconf's escape capability\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "debconf-escape -e < unescaped-text\ndebconf-escape -u < escaped-text\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "When debconf has the 'escape' capability set, it will expect commands you send it to have\nbackslashes and newlines escaped (as \"\\\\\" and \"\\n\" respectively) and will in turn escape\nbackslashes and newlines in its replies. This can be used, for example, to substitute multi-\nline strings into templates, or to get multi-line extended descriptions reliably using\n\"METAGET\".\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "debconf-devel(7) (available in the debconf-doc package)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>\n\n\n\n2022-02-20                            DEBCONF-ESCAPE(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "debconf-escape - helper when working with debconf's escape capability",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "debconf-devel",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/debconf-devel/7/json"
        }
    ]
}