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[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

'I don\'t know what you mean, I\'ve never encountered any annoyances.'

[-] gamma@programming.dev 7 points 11 months ago

Single quotes don't allow any escaping in shell, you need

'I don'\''t know what you mean, I'\''ve never encountered any annoyances'

Or, in Zsh with setopt rcquotes:

'I don''t know what you mean, I''ve never encountered any annoyances'

[-] Routhinator@startrek.website 6 points 11 months ago

Oh right, good catch. That's me shell scripting while in a meeting. 🫠

[-] stefenauris@pawb.social 4 points 11 months ago

Good use of a meeting to be fair

[-] quantenzitrone@lemmings.world 1 points 11 months ago

it works in fish

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