$ a="Hello"

$ echo $a
Hello

$ echo "$a"
Hello

$ echo '"$a"'
"$a"

$ echo "'"$a"'"
'Hello'

$ echo ""'"$a"'""
"$a"


##</code><code>##

	my $command = qq/egrep "'"^$lemma:"'" \/home\/lexicon/;

	my $lexical_entry = `$command`;