Top "Quoting" questions

The use of quotation marks (typically, `'` or `"`) to mark tokens as string literals or strings subject to interpolation, or to treat multiple whitespace-separated tokens as a single unit.

Escape backquote in a double-quoted string in shell

For the command: /usr/bin/sh -c "ls 1`" (a backquote after 1). How to make it run successfully? Adding a backslash …

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Stripping single and double quotes in a string using bash / standard Linux commands only

I'm looking for something that will translate a string as follows, using only bash / standard Linux commands: Single-quotes surrounding a …

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Why do I get "/bin/sh: Argument list too long" when passing quoted arguments?

How long can be a command line that can be passed to sh -c ''? (in bash and in bourne …

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Bash problem with eval, variables and quotes

I've been reading about quotes in bash here and everywhere else, but i got no help solving this problem. The …

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General string quoting for TCL

I'm writing a utility (which happens to be in python) which is generating output in the form of a TCL …

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Using a Variable (PowerShell) inside of a command

$computer = gc env:computername # Argument /RU '$computer'\admin isn't working. SchTasks /create /SC Daily /tn "Image Verification" /ST 18:00:00 /TR …

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csv writer in Python with custom quoting

I'm looking for a way to define custom quoting with csv.writer in Python. There are 4 built-in ways to qoute …

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Can awk deal with CSV file that contains comma inside a quoted field?

I am using awk to perform counting the sum of one column in the csv file. The data format is …

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Python module to shellquote/unshellquote?

Is there anything in the Python standard library that will properly parse/unparse strings for using in shell commands? I'm …

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Remove surrounded quotes in vscode or toggle between quote and no quote

Is there any shortcut or extension for vscode which can help to remove surrounded quotes (single ' or double " ) around …

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