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docs: clarify requirements when using command line options with special characters within a shell #8628

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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions src/borg/archiver/help_cmd.py
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Expand Up @@ -101,6 +101,15 @@ class HelpMixIn:
from within a shell, the patterns should be quoted to protect them from
expansion.

Pattern matching special characters, e.g. white space, within a shell may
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require adjustments, such as putting quotation marks around the arguments.
Example:
Using bash, the following command line option would match and exclude "item name":
``--pattern='-path/item name'``
Note that when a pattern file is read directly by borg, e.g. when using
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``--exclude-from`` or ``--patterns-from`, there is no shell involved and thus
no quotation marks are required.

The ``--exclude-from`` option permits loading exclusion patterns from a text
file with one pattern per line. Lines empty or starting with the hash sign
'#' after removing whitespace on both ends are ignored. The optional style
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