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How to print a double quote in POSIX scripting?
So far, I've been using "\"" to print a double quote:
$ x="abc def"
$ echo "x=\"$x\""
x="abc def"
However, it seems like that behavior is ...
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Shell command executed differently in a terminal and script
The following sequence of commands
ch=`echo "b_d" | sed 's/_/\\\\\\\\_/'`
echo $ch
when executed in a terminal or via source give an output
b\\_d
When ran as a scipt
sh script.sh
where the ...
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trying to escape quotes
I have tried numerous ways to print this line in a script:
alias myname='export PATH="/path/to/bin:$PATH"'
All of them have different problems.
The last I tried (and remember!) is:
printf '%s' '%s\...
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Echoing something with multiple quotes and key characters (&, $, !, etc.)
Let's say you have to echo this into a file:
RZW"a4k6[)b!^"%*X6Evf
How do you do it?
My actual "line" to echo is a 2048 characters line.
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Printing colored text using script
When I type below command in the shell I get the OUTPUT in green color.
Command
echo "\033[32mCONNECTING TO abpwrk\033[m";
Output(in green color)
CONNECTING TO abpwrk
But if I use the same ...
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