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How to display a ' in a script
Posted: 25 Jun 2014, 04:33
by Ed_P
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echo Be sure to check the file's properties.
Results in a bash
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unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
error. Is there a hex code that needs to be used?
-update-
Got it
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echo Be sure to check the file\'s properties.
Re: How to display a ' in a script
Posted: 25 Jun 2014, 11:51
by brokenman
Best practice is:
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echo "Be sure to check the file's properties"
Re: How to display a ' in a script
Posted: 26 Jun 2014, 04:53
by Ed_P
Good to know. Thanks brokenman.
Re: How to display a ' in a script
Posted: 29 Jun 2014, 04:07
by Ed_P
Quotes work for echos with "&"s in them also.
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echo "Set Time Zone to US/Eastern to correct Date & Time for saved files."
