#! /command/execlineb -P
# Public Domain.
# See comments below.
# (Search for "HERE".)
#
define -sCd "\n" lns "
${p} ${bubble} is the end of the quine's data.
${p} They represent the following code, with various quotations:
${p} ${b} (backslash) is represented as ${d}${ob}b${cb}
${p} ${q} (double quote) is represented as ${d}${ob}q${cb}
${p} ${p} (sharp/pound/shibboleth/whatever) is represented as ${d}${ob}p${cb}
${p} ${ob} (open brace) is represented as ${d}${ob}ob${cb}
${p} ${cb} (closed brace) is represented as ${d}${ob}cb${cb}
${p} ${d} (dollar) is represented as ${d}${ob}d${cb}
${p} ${bubble} (the magic word) is represented as ${d}${ob}bubble${cb}
${p} (The point of the magic word is to allow the reader
${p} to conveniently skip over the large data section.)
${p}
${p} Now we have the quine's code!
${p}
${p} First, print the lines that come before the data.
foreground ${ob} printf %s ${b}${p}${b}!${q} ${q} ${cb}
foreground ${ob} printf %s${b}${b}n ${q}/command/execlineb -P${q} ${cb}
foreground ${ob} printf %s${b}${b}n ${b}${p}${q} Public Domain.${q} ${cb}
foreground ${ob} printf %s${b}${b}n ${b}${p}${q} See comments below.${q} ${cb}
foreground ${ob} printf %s ${b}${p}${q} (Search for ${q} ${cb}
foreground ${ob} printf %s${b}${b}n ${b}${q}${bubble}${b}${q}.) ${cb}
foreground ${ob} printf %s${b}${b}n ${b}${p} ${cb}
foreground ${ob} printf %s ${q}define -sCd ${b}${q}${b}${b}n${b}${q} lns ${b}${q}${q} ${cb}
${p} Next, print the data themselves, as data.
for lin ${ob} ${d}${ob}lns${cb} ${cb} ${ob}
multisubstitute ${ob}
define b ${d}${ob}b${cb}
define q ${d}${ob}q${cb}
define p ${d}${ob}p${cb}
define ob ${d}${ob}ob${cb}
define cb ${d}${ob}cb${cb}
define d ${d}${ob}d${cb}
define bubble ${d}${ob}bubble${cb}
define intron ${d}${ob}intron${cb}
${cb} printf ${b}${b}n%s ${d}${ob}lin${cb} ${cb}
foreground ${ob} printf %s${b}${b}n ${b}${q} ${cb}
${p} Finally, use the data to print the code!
for lin ${ob} ${d}${ob}lns${cb} ${cb} ${ob}
multisubstitute ${ob}
define b ${b}${b}
define q ${b}${q}
define p ${b}${p}
define ob ${b}${ob}
define cb ${b}${cb}
define d ${d}
define bubble ${bubble}
define intron ${q}${intron}${q}
${cb} printf %s${b}${b}n ${d}${ob}lin${cb} ${cb}
${p} That's all, folks! - Well, that wasn't so hard, was it?
${p} (This quine was written by <david.madore@ens.fr> - see
${p} <URL: http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/computers/quine.html >
${p} for more information on quines and how to write them.)"
# HERE is the end of the quine's data.
# They represent the following code, with various quotations:
# \ (backslash) is represented as ${b}
# " (double quote) is represented as ${q}
# # (sharp/pound/shibboleth/whatever) is represented as ${p}
# { (open brace) is represented as ${ob}
# } (closed brace) is represented as ${cb}
# $ (dollar) is represented as ${d}
# HERE (the magic word) is represented as ${bubble}
# (The point of the magic word is to allow the reader
# to conveniently skip over the large data section.)
#
# Now we have the quine's code!
#
# First, print the lines that come before the data.
foreground { printf %s \#\!" " }
foreground { printf %s\\n "/command/execlineb -P" }
foreground { printf %s\\n \#" Public Domain." }
foreground { printf %s\\n \#" See comments below." }
foreground { printf %s \#" (Search for " }
foreground { printf %s\\n \"HERE\".) }
foreground { printf %s\\n \# }
foreground { printf %s "define -sCd \"\\n\" lns \"" }
# Next, print the data themselves, as data.
for lin { ${lns} } {
multisubstitute {
define b ${b}
define q ${q}
define p ${p}
define ob ${ob}
define cb ${cb}
define d ${d}
define bubble ${bubble}
define intron ${intron}
} printf \\n%s ${lin} }
foreground { printf %s\\n \" }
# Finally, use the data to print the code!
for lin { ${lns} } {
multisubstitute {
define b \\
define q \"
define p \#
define ob \{
define cb \}
define d $
define bubble HERE
define intron "NOTICE HOW THIS SENTENCE APPEARS ONLY ONCE IN THIS QUINE?"
} printf %s\\n ${lin} }
# That's all, folks! - Well, that wasn't so hard, was it?
# (This quine was written by <david.madore@ens.fr> - see
# <URL: http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/madore/computers/quine.html >
# for more information on quines and how to write them.)
