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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.

Using Make $(dir) or $(notdir) on a path with spaces

I'm using code similar to the following in a Makefile: empty:= space:= $(empty) $(empty) path_escape = $(subst $(space),\$(space),$(1)) TOP=$(…

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Escaping quotes when using SSH

I'm trying to build a simple deployment script for my PHP apps. I know there are several tools for this …

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How to pass arguments with special characters to call shell script

Calling .sh(shell script) with the required parameters as below :- sh home/example.sh --context_param dbUserName=username --context_…

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bash script - unable to set variable with double quotes in value

Need help in fixing this bash script to set a variable with a value including double quotes. Somehow I am …

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Perl one-liner with single quote

I was use a Perl one-liner to create an SQL statement, but I am not able to include single quotes. …

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Pandas Read_CSV quotes issue

I have a file that looks like: 'colA'|'colB' 'word"A'|'A' 'word'B'|'B' I want to use pd.read_…

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How do I include ampersands in a powershell command in a batch file?

I am trying to download a Google sheet via a batch file. This works: powershell -Command "Invoke-WebRequest https://docs.google.…

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How to put double quotes in VS2010 post build step

I'm trying to create a post build file copy step in VS2010 which handles path macros when they have embedded …

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Pandas exporting to_csv() with quotation marks around column names

For some reason I need to output to a csv in this format with quotations around each columns names, my …

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Python -c switch

I currently have ".".join(str(z) for z in [int(x, 16) for x in (re.sub(r'(.{2})(?!$)', r'\1.', "00112233")).…

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