man/systemd-escape.xml

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  11 <refentry id="systemd-escape"
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  14   <refentryinfo>
  15     <title>systemd-escape</title>
  16     <productname>systemd</productname>
  17
  18     <authorgroup>
  19       <author>
  20         <contrib>Developer</contrib>
  21         <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
  22         <surname>Poettering</surname>
  23         <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
  24       </author>
  25     </authorgroup>
  26   </refentryinfo>
  27
  28   <refmeta>
  29     <refentrytitle>systemd-escape</refentrytitle>
  30     <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
  31   </refmeta>
  32
  33   <refnamediv>
  34     <refname>systemd-escape</refname>
  35     <refpurpose>Escape strings for usage in systemd unit names</refpurpose>
  36   </refnamediv>
  37
  38   <refsynopsisdiv>
  39     <cmdsynopsis>
  40       <command>systemd-escape</command>
  41       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
  42       <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">STRING</arg>
  43     </cmdsynopsis>
  44   </refsynopsisdiv>
  45
  46   <refsect1>
  47     <title>Description</title>
  48
  49     <para><command>systemd-escape</command> may be used to escape
  50     strings for inclusion in systemd unit names. The command may be
  51     used to escape and to undo escaping of strings.</para>
  52
  53     <para>The command takes any number of strings on the command line,
  54     and will process them individually, one after another. It will
  55     output them separated by spaces to stdout.</para>
  56
  57     <para>By default, this command will escape the strings passed,
  58     unless <option>--unescape</option> is passed which results in the
  59     inverse operation being applied. If <option>--mangle</option> is given, a
  60     special mode of escaping is applied instead, which assumes the
  61     string is already escaped but will escape everything that
  62     appears obviously non-escaped.</para>
  63
  64     <para>For details on the escaping and unescaping algorithms see the relevant section in
  65     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
  66   </refsect1>
  67
  68   <refsect1>
  69     <title>Options</title>
  70
  71     <para>The following options are understood:</para>
  72
  73     <variablelist>
  74       <varlistentry>
  75         <term><option>--suffix=</option></term>
  76
  77         <listitem><para>Appends the specified unit type suffix to the
  78         escaped string. Takes one of the unit types supported by
  79         systemd, such as <literal>service</literal> or
  80         <literal>mount</literal>. May not be used in conjunction with
  81         <option>--template=</option>, <option>--unescape</option> or
  82         <option>--mangle</option>.</para></listitem>
  83       </varlistentry>
  84
  85       <varlistentry>
  86         <term><option>--template=</option></term>
  87
  88         <listitem><para>Inserts the escaped strings in a unit name
  89         template. Takes a unit name template such as
  90         <filename>foobar@.service</filename>. May not be used in
  91         conjunction with <option>--suffix=</option>,
  92         <option>--unescape</option> or
  93         <option>--mangle</option>.</para></listitem>
  94       </varlistentry>
  95
  96       <varlistentry>
  97         <term><option>--path</option></term>
  98         <term><option>-p</option></term>
  99
 100         <listitem><para>When escaping or unescaping a string, assume it refers to a file system path. This eliminates
 101         leading, trailing or duplicate <literal>/</literal> characters and rejects <literal>.</literal> and
 102         <literal>..</literal> path components. This is particularly useful for generating strings suitable for
 103         unescaping with the <literal>%f</literal> specifier in unit files, see
 104         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
 105         </para></listitem>
 106       </varlistentry>
 107
 108       <varlistentry>
 109         <term><option>--unescape</option></term>
 110         <term><option>-u</option></term>
 111
 112         <listitem><para>Instead of escaping the specified strings,
 113         undo the escaping, reversing the operation. May not be used in
 114         conjunction with <option>--suffix=</option>,
 115         <option>--template=</option> or
 116         <option>--mangle</option>.</para></listitem>
 117       </varlistentry>
 118
 119       <varlistentry>
 120         <term><option>--mangle</option></term>
 121         <term><option>-m</option></term>
 122
 123         <listitem><para>Like <option>--escape</option>, but only
 124         escape characters that are obviously not escaped yet, and
 125         possibly automatically append an appropriate unit type suffix
 126         to the string. May not be used in conjunction with
 127         <option>--suffix=</option>, <option>--template=</option> or
 128         <option>--unescape</option>.</para></listitem>
 129       </varlistentry>
 130
 131       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
 132       <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
 133     </variablelist>
 134
 135   </refsect1>
 136
 137   <refsect1>
 138     <title>Examples</title>
 139
 140     <para>To escape a single string:</para>
 141     <programlisting>$ systemd-escape 'Hallöchen, Meister'
 142 Hall\xc3\xb6chen\x2c\x20Meister</programlisting>
 143
 144     <para>To undo escaping on a single string:</para>
 145     <programlisting>$ systemd-escape -u 'Hall\xc3\xb6chen\x2c\x20Meister'
 146 Hallöchen, Meister</programlisting>
 147
 148     <para>To generate the mount unit for a path:</para>
 149     <programlisting>$ systemd-escape -p --suffix=mount "/tmp//waldi/foobar/"
 150 tmp-waldi-foobar.mount</programlisting>
 151
 152     <para>To generate instance names of three strings:</para>
 153     <programlisting>$ systemd-escape --template=systemd-nspawn@.service 'My Container 1' 'containerb' 'container/III'
 154 systemd-nspawn@My\x20Container\x201.service systemd-nspawn@containerb.service systemd-nspawn@container-III.service</programlisting>
 155   </refsect1>
 156
 157   <refsect1>
 158     <title>Exit status</title>
 159
 160     <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
 161     otherwise.</para>
 162   </refsect1>
 163
 164   <refsect1>
 165     <title>See Also</title>
 166     <para>
 167       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 168       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
 169       <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
 170     </para>
 171   </refsect1>
 172
 173 </refentry>