Re: syntax error near unexpected token `)'

It is something related to bash in fact. See QUOTUNG section in the manual:

Enclosing characters in single quotes preserves the literal value of each character within the quotes. A single quote may not occur between single quotes, even when preceded by a backslash.

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Re^2: syntax error near unexpected token `)' by vit (Friar) on May 20, 2012 at 17:05 UTC
Then how to handle a single quote match?	[reply]
Re^3: syntax error near unexpected token `)' by zwon (Abbot) on May 20, 2012 at 17:17 UTC
This sounds more like a bash question to me, but you can replace single quotes with `\N{APOSTROPHE}` or `\x27`. In bash you can do it like this: `$ echo 'aa'"'"'bb'; aa'bb` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: syntax error near unexpected token `)' by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 21, 2012 at 02:24 UTC
Alternatively and one shorter: Change `'` to `'\''`. `$ echo 'aa'\''bb'; aa'bb` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]