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bits/quotes-sed.sh

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+{ echo "keyname1 = line without quotes"
+  echo "keyname2 = line with 1 \" double quote"
+  echo "keyname3 = line with \" 2 double \" quotes"
+  echo "keyname4 = line \\"
+  echo "with continuation \\"
+  echo "at end"
+  echo "keyname5 = \"double quoted text, single line\""
+  echo "keyname6 = 'single quoted text, single line'"
+  echo "keyname7 = \"double quoted text"
+  echo "over 1"
+  echo "2"
+  echo "3"
+  echo "4 \""; } |
+  sed -re "{
+  # Insert [ at beginning of key
+  s/^[[:blank:]]*/['/
+  # Insert ] at end of key
+  s/[[:blank:]]*=/']=/
+  # Branch if there's a =<quote> ...
+  /^.*[^\\]=[[:blank:]]*['\"]/ {
+p
+      :x
+    # Branch if there is no <quote> at end of line ...
+    /.*['\"][[:blank:]]*\$/ ! {
+      # Read new line
+      N
+      # Insert a \n
+      s/\\\n//
+      # Continue loop if s/ above was successful
+      tx
+    }
+  }
+  s/(^|$)/#/g
+}"