seq_escape(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so <pink>seq_escape(9)</pink> is from the <purple>Kernel API Manual</purple>, and it's literally the function for printing a string into a buffer while escaping some characters. bestie, it's giving ✨ utility-function main character energy ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void seq_escape (struct seq_file *m , const char *s , const char *esc );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• m — the target buffer, aka where the magic lands 🫶
• s — a NULL-terminated string, fr fr
• esc — the set of characters that need escaping, no cap 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This one puts the string into the buffer and replaces each occurrence of a character from esc with the usual octal escape. that's the whole vibe.

Use seq_has_overflowed to check for errors — don't skip the vibe check on overflow, bestie 😭💖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./include/linux/seq_file.h — and the whole squad:

• seq_has_overflowed(9)
• seq_get_buf(9)
• seq_commit(9)
• seq_setwidth(9)
• seq_show_option_n(9)

source check: ./include/linux, October 2026, seq_escape(9) — mwah, bye bestie 💖🎀