Using "||" as a string literal?

[mcb30]

(2018-04-05 13:23)myxal Wrote:  Is there a way to put a string containing "||" into a variable, and then using said variable in a kernel command?

Yes. There's no general purpose character escaping mechanism (e.g. a backslash) in iPXE, but you can hack around it using e.g.

Code:

set pipe |
set pipes ${pipe}${pipe}

and then use "${pipes}" in place of "||".

Michael