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in reply to Re^4: Splitting up quoted/escaped command line arguments
in thread Splitting up quoted/escaped command line arguments

That's ok with me, because in Linux-ese (bash/sh/ksh), you can't escape a single quote. It's one of the most annoying things and I find it reeeally bothersome. This is why I don't try to accommodate for a "\'" sequence in update 4. Despite the fact that I don't want these commands to go to the shell, they are being written by people who deal with the shell almost exclusively: system admins. This much I can assume: that they won't be putting in commands that have syntax which outright fails to run on its own.

Tommy
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Re^6: Splitting up quoted/escaped command line arguments
by choroba (Cardinal) on Feb 11, 2014 at 21:27 UTC
    Yes, you can escape a single quote - outside single quotes.
    $ echo 'a'\''b' a'b
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      ...But that's just pure evil =D

      Tommy
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        Welcome to the shell. Expansion of variables and word splitting in bash are some of the reasons to love Perl.
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