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SYSTEMD-ESCAPE(1) systemd-escape SYSTEMD-ESCAPE(1)

NAME
systemd-escape - Escape strings for usage in system unit names

SYNOPSIS
systemd-escape [OPTIONS...] [STRING...]

DESCRIPTION
systemd-escape may be used to escape strings for inclusion in systemd unit names. The
command may be used to escape and to undo escaping of strings.

The command takes any number of strings on the command line, and will process them
individually, one after the other. It will output them separated by spaces to stdout.

By default this command will escape the strings passed, unless --unescape is passed which
results in the inverse operation being applied. If --mangle a special mode of escaping is
applied instead, which assumes a string to be already escaped but will escape everything
that appears obviously non-escaped.

OPTIONS
The following options are understood:

--suffix=
Appends the specified unit type suffix to the escaped string. Takes one of the unit
types supported by systemd, such as ".service" or ".mount". May not be used in
conjunction with --template=, --unescape or --mangle.

--template=
Inserts the escaped strings in a unit name template. Takes a unit name template such
as foobar@.service May not be used in conjunction with --suffix=, --unescape or
--mangle.

--path, -p
When escaping or unescaping a string, assume it refers to a file system path. This
enables special processing of the initial "/" of the path.

--unescape
Instead of escaping the specified strings, undo the escaping, reversing the operation.
May not be used in conjunction with --suffix=, --template= or --mangle.

--mangle
Like --escape, but only escape characters that are obviously not escaped yet, and
possibly automatically append an appropriate unit type suffix to the string. May not
be used in conjunction with --suffix=, --template= or --unescape.

-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.

--version
Print a short version string and exit.

EXAMPLES
Escape a single string:

$ systemd-escape 'Hallochen, Meister'
Hall\xc3\xb6chen\x2c\x20Meister

To undo escaping on a single string:

$ systemd-escape -u 'Hall\xc3\xb6chen\x2c\x20Meister'
Hallochen, Meister

To generate the mount unit for a path:

$ systemd-escape -p --suffix=mount "/tmp//waldi/foobar/"
tmp-waldi-foobar.mount

To generate instance names of three strings

$ systemd-escape --template=systemd-nspawn@.service 'My Container 1' 'containerb' 'container/III'
systemd-nspawn@My\x20Container\x201.service systemd-nspawn AT containerb.service systemd-nspawn AT container-III.service

EXIT STATUS
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.