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diff --git a/src/libutil/escape-string.cc b/src/libutil/escape-string.cc
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+#include <iomanip>
+#include <ostream>
+#include <sstream>
+
+#include "ansicolor.hh"
+#include "escape-char.hh"
+#include "english.hh"
+#include "escape-string.hh"
+#include "print-elided.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+std::ostream &
+escapeString(std::ostream & str, const std::string_view string, size_t maxLength, bool ansiColors)
+{
+    size_t charsPrinted = 0;
+    if (ansiColors)
+        str << ANSI_MAGENTA;
+    str << "\"";
+    for (auto i = string.begin(); i != string.end(); ++i) {
+        if (charsPrinted >= maxLength) {
+            str << "\" ";
+            printElided(str, string.length() - charsPrinted, "byte", "bytes", ansiColors);
+            return str;
+        }
+        if (*i == '\"' || *i == '\\') str << "\\" << *i;
+        else if (*i == '\n') str << "\\n";
+        else if (*i == '\r') str << "\\r";
+        else if (*i == '\t') str << "\\t";
+        else if (*i == '$' && *(i+1) == '{') str << "\\" << *i;
+        else str << *i;
+        charsPrinted++;
+    }
+    str << "\"";
+    if (ansiColors)
+        str << ANSI_NORMAL;
+    return str;
+}
+
+}; // namespace nix