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by **Ton** » Mon, 23 Jul 2001 16:26:17

I give MyScript the argument 'This text' , i.e.:

MyScript 'This text'

because I need $1 to expand to 'This text' but I also need the single
quotes included, but when I:

echo '$1'

in the script I just get:

'$1'

instead of

'This text'

Anyone know how to make this work?

Thanks,

-Tony

by **Juergen P. Mei** » Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:27:38

>I give MyScript the argument 'This text' , i.e.:

> MyScript 'This text'

>because I need $1 to expand to 'This text' but I also need the single
>quotes included, but when I:

> echo '$1'

>in the script I just get:

> '$1'

>instead of

> 'This text'

>Anyone know how to make this work?

Use echo "$1" in your script and run your sript this way:

MyScript "'This text'"

Juergen
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by **Ton** » Mon, 23 Jul 2001 18:01:16

>>I give MyScript the argument 'This text' , i.e.:

>> MyScript 'This text'

>>because I need $1 to expand to 'This text' but I also need the single
>>quotes included, but when I:

>> echo '$1'

>>in the script I just get:

>> '$1'

>>instead of

>> 'This text'

>>Anyone know how to make this work?

>Use echo "$1" in your script and run your sript this way:

>MyScript "'This text'"

Thanks....is there a way to get around the double quotes?

-Tony

by **Willia** » Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:25:28

Quote:> I give MyScript the argument 'This text' , i.e.:

> MyScript 'This text'

> because I need $1 to expand to 'This text' but I also need the single
> quotes included, but when I:

> echo '$1'

> in the script I just get:

> '$1'

> instead of

> 'This text'

> Anyone know how to make this work?

Well, the problem is that by the time the string reaches your
script, the single quotes have been stripped off. It's too
late to do anything about it inside your script. However,
if you know you will always need those single quotes, you could
just add them back: echo "'$1'", or whatever works for you.
-Wm

by **Charles Dem** » Tue, 24 Jul 2001 02:24:51

>>>I give MyScript the argument 'This text' , i.e.:

>>> MyScript 'This text'

>>>because I need $1 to expand to 'This text' but I also need the single
>>>quotes included, but when I:

>>> echo '$1'

>>>in the script I just get:

>>> '$1'

>>>instead of

>>> 'This text'

>>>Anyone know how to make this work?

>>Use echo "$1" in your script and run your sript this way:

>>MyScript "'This text'"

>Thanks....is there a way to get around the double quotes?

I believe this would work:

MyScript '\'This text\''

I personally don't think this is better, but YMMV.

Chuck Demas

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by **nos..** » Tue, 24 Jul 2001 02:28:33

> I give MyScript the argument 'This text' , i.e.:

> MyScript 'This text'

> because I need $1 to expand to 'This text' but I also need the single
> quotes included, but when I:

> echo '$1'

> in the script I just get:

> '$1'

> instead of

> 'This text'

Using single quotes like that turns off expansion of $1. Two ways to
get around that are 1) pass the parameter to the script with the
single quotes built in:

MyScript "'This text'"

or 2) add them in when echoing the variable:

echo "'$1'"

by **Geoff Clar** » Thu, 26 Jul 2001 03:03:32

Quote:>>>MyScript "'This text'"

>>Thanks....is there a way to get around the double quotes?
>I believe this would work:
>MyScript '\'This text\''

Better make that:

MyScript \''This text'\'

(Backslash is not special inside single quotes.)

Quote:>I personally don't think this is better, but YMMV.

I agree - it's much easier to `read' the version with the double quotes.

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