printing a single quote in a string when using -e option

yossarian has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Nameste monks,
Here is newbie question that I am hoping a more enlightened monk can provide some guidance on: What are some ways that a single quote can be printed as part of a string using the print function when using the -e option. print " \' " works as I want it to when part of a .pl file, but perl -e 'print "\'"' and any variants that I have come up with so far don't and I'm unsure of the way to get around this. thanks.

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Re: printing a single quote in a string when using -e option by yossarian (Novice) on Jul 24, 2003 at 07:30 UTC
Thanks. I received several helpful answers, all of them different, but all of them valid. Here's a listing of the various ways if anyone is interested: `perl -e "print '\''"` `perl -e'print "\047"'` `perl -e "print q{'}"` Also, I'm now aware that there is a section related to quoting in perldoc perlop. Thanks - yossarian.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: printing a single quote in a string when using -e option by moxliukas (Curate) on Jul 24, 2003 at 06:48 UTC
Try using quoting operators (for more information see perlop: qoute an quote like operators): `perl -e "print q{'}"` The above prints a single quote as expected.	[reply] [d/l]