From c033e89f58d2e1c1145e28740d41960d85ebabe3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linux User <ray@imapfilter.home>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 23:06:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] escape newlines

---
 add_todo.sh | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/add_todo.sh b/add_todo.sh
index bab430d..317a553 100755
--- a/add_todo.sh
+++ b/add_todo.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ if [ -z "$_api_auth" ] ; then
 fi
 
 _title="$1"
-_description="$2"
+# remove newlines (https://stackoverflow.com/a/38672741/1885932)
+_description="$(echo "$2" | sed -E ':a;N;$!ba;s/\r{0,1}\n/\\n/g')"
 
 _api_url='http://kanboard.docker.home/jsonrpc.php'
 _project_id=4