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irssi/docs/help/in/eval.in
Guntbert Reiter aecf087014 Add documentation for escaping some characters
this is especially important when using `sendcmd` to send a password for autologin
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%9Syntax:%9
@SYNTAX:eval@
%9Parameters:%9
The commands to evaluate.
%9Description:%9
Evaluates the given commands and executes them; you can use internal
variables and separate multiple commands by using the ';' character.
If the command contains a string with '$', '\' or ';' those characters
need to be escaped:
'$' -> '$$'
'\' -> '\\' (or even '\\\\', depending on where they are used)
';' -> '\;'
%9Examples:%9
/EVAL echo I am connected to ${S} on ${chatnet} as ${N}
/EVAL echo My user privileges are +${usermode}; echo Let's party!
to print '1;2$3\4': /EVAL echo 1\;2$$3\\4
%9References:%9
https://github.com/irssi/irssi/blob/master/docs/special_vars.txt
%9See also:%9 CAT, CD, ECHO, EXEC