[ale] string escaping?

Fulton Green ale at FultonGreen.com
Wed Jun 20 16:18:03 EDT 2001


Assuming you're using the "echo" command from a shell(script):

echo "'text \"something here\"'"

On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 04:09:05PM -0400, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> Does anyone know how I can echo the following to the screen:
> 
> 
> 'text "something here"'
> 
> 
> 
> It may sound simple, however, I've tried doing it yet I can't.  I've tried
> escaping the quotes/doublequotes in various ways unsuccessfully.   It keeps
> interpreting them as a comman to run...
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