From e79b1629f5aaf14de7ce5467732a446ca9c23cd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ingo Karkat <swdev@ingo-karkat.de>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 15:28:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Perform cleaninput() escaping without sed.

No need for invoking sed; Bash's global pattern substitution can be used.
---
 todo.sh | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/todo.sh b/todo.sh
index 909a495..9920e60 100755
--- a/todo.sh
+++ b/todo.sh
@@ -274,8 +274,10 @@ cleaninput()
     if [ "$1" = "for sed" ]; then
         # This action uses sed with "|" as the substitution separator, and & as
         # the matched string; these must be escaped.
-        # Backslashes must be escaped, too.
-        input=`echo $input | sed -e 's+\\\+\\\\\\\\+g' -e 's/\&/\\\&/g' -e 's/|/\\\\|/g'`
+        # Backslashes must be escaped, too, and before the other stuff.
+        input=${input//\\/\\\\}
+        input=${input//|/\\|}
+        input=${input//&/\\&}
     fi
 }