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On 08/07/2011 07:20 PM, Sven Köhler wrote:
> pathconvert() {
>    echo "$1"
> }
>

> (There's one issue here: I would like to write echo -- "$1", but echo
> doesn't understand --. Bummer.)

echo _cannot_ be used to portably echo arbitrary strings.  For that, you 
need printf:

pathconvert() {
   printf '%s\n' "$1"
}

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