#!/bin/sh SEDSCRIPT='s|\\|\\\\|g;s|\"|\\\"|g' NEWLINE_SCRIPT=':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/\\n/g;' usage () { echo "shelltocstr [file]" echo "" echo "Transform shell scripts to fit into a C string" echo "Reads from stdin or from a file" } if [ -t 0 ] then # not piped if [ -n "$1" ] then sed $SEDSCRIPT $1 | sed $NEWLINE_SCRIPT else usage fi else # piped sed $SEDSCRIPT /dev/stdin | sed $NEWLINE_SCRIPT fi