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debconf-escape - helper when working with debconf's escape capability Synopsis
\& debconf-escape -e < unescaped-text \& debconf-escape -u < escaped-text Description
When debconf has the 'escape' capability set, it will expect commands you send it to have backslashes and newlines escaped (as \f(CW\*(C`\e\e\*(C' and \f(CW\*(C`\en\*(C' respectively) and will in turn escape backslashes and newlines in its replies. This can be used, for example, to substitute multi-line strings into templates, or to get multi-line extended descriptions reliably using \f(CW\*(C`METAGET\*(C'. See Also
\&debconf-devel\|(7) (available in the debconf-doc package)