1<!-- Generated with Stardoc: http://skydoc.bazel.build --> 2 3Skylib module containing shell utility functions. 4 5<a id="shell.array_literal"></a> 6 7## shell.array_literal 8 9<pre> 10shell.array_literal(<a href="#shell.array_literal-iterable">iterable</a>) 11</pre> 12 13Creates a string from a sequence that can be used as a shell array. 14 15For example, `shell.array_literal(["a", "b", "c"])` would return the string 16`("a" "b" "c")`, which can be used in a shell script wherever an array 17literal is needed. 18 19Note that all elements in the array are quoted (using `shell.quote`) for 20safety, even if they do not need to be. 21 22 23**PARAMETERS** 24 25 26| Name | Description | Default Value | 27| :------------- | :------------- | :------------- | 28| <a id="shell.array_literal-iterable"></a>iterable | A sequence of elements. Elements that are not strings will be converted to strings first, by calling `str()`. | none | 29 30**RETURNS** 31 32A string that represents the sequence as a shell array; that is, 33parentheses containing the quoted elements. 34 35 36<a id="shell.quote"></a> 37 38## shell.quote 39 40<pre> 41shell.quote(<a href="#shell.quote-s">s</a>) 42</pre> 43 44Quotes the given string for use in a shell command. 45 46This function quotes the given string (in case it contains spaces or other 47shell metacharacters.) 48 49 50**PARAMETERS** 51 52 53| Name | Description | Default Value | 54| :------------- | :------------- | :------------- | 55| <a id="shell.quote-s"></a>s | The string to quote. | none | 56 57**RETURNS** 58 59A quoted version of the string that can be passed to a shell command. 60 61 62