On Sat, Dec 02, 2000 at 01:27:24PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > Harry Henry Gebel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The single quote retains it's special meaning because otherwise you > >would have no way to stop typing the argument, the backslash retains > >it's special meaning in case you have to insert a single quote > >character into the argument. > > Actually, backslashes lose their special meaning inside single quotes in > bash: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ echo '\\\' > \\\
Guess that shows I shouldn't make assumptions. So if you want to pass in a single quote you need to do this: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ echo '\\\'"'"'\\\' \\\'\\\ -- Harry Henry Gebel, ICQ# 76308382 West Dover Hundred, Delaware
