.Dd August 9, 2013 .Dt cssesc 1 .Sh NAME .Nm cssesc .Nd escape text for use in CSS string literals or identifiers .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl i | -identifier Ar string .br .Op Fl s | -single-quotes Ar string .br .Op Fl d | -double-quotes Ar string .br .Op Fl w | -wrap Ar string .br .Op Fl e | -escape-everything Ar string .br .Op Fl v | -version .br .Op Fl h | -help .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm escapes strings for use in CSS string literals or identifiers while generating the shortest possible valid ASCII-only output. .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -ohang -offset .It Sy "-s, --single-quotes" Escape any occurences of ' in the input string as \\', so that the output can be used in a CSS string literal wrapped in single quotes. .It Sy "-d, --double-quotes" Escape any occurences of " in the input string as \\", so that the output can be used in a CSS string literal wrapped in double quotes. .It Sy "-w, --wrap" Make sure the output is a valid CSS string literal wrapped in quotes. The type of quotes can be specified using the .Ar -s | --single-quotes or .Ar -d | --double-quotes settings. .It Sy "-e, --escape-everything" Escape all the symbols in the output, even printable ASCII symbols. .It Sy "-v, --version" Print cssesc's version. .It Sy "-h, --help" Show the help screen. .El .Sh EXIT STATUS The .Nm cssesc utility exits with one of the following values: .Pp .Bl -tag -width flag -compact .It Li 0 .Nm successfully escaped the given text and printed the result. .It Li 1 .Nm wasn't instructed to escape anything (for example, the .Ar --help flag was set); or, an error occurred. .El .Sh EXAMPLES .Bl -ohang -offset .It Sy "cssesc 'foo bar baz'" Print an escaped version of the given text. .It Sy echo\ 'foo bar baz'\ |\ cssesc Print an escaped version of the text that gets piped in. .El .Sh BUGS cssesc's bug tracker is located at . .Sh AUTHOR Mathias Bynens .Sh WWW