[ale] string escaping [continued]

[danscox at mindspring.com (Danny Cox)]

Christopher,

Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> 
> Thanks for all the tips!!!
> 
> Here is the script:
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> t= "'text \"something here\"'"
> echo $t
> 
> But it still doesn't seem to work...

	That's because the shell is intrepreting it twice: first on the t=
line, and again on the echo line.  Try this:

#!/bin/bash
t="'text \"something here\"'"
echo "$t"

Also, note the lack of spaces around the '='....

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Danny
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