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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-picayune.mit.edu!athena.mit.edu!troutman
  3. From: troutman@athena.mit.edu (Joseph G Whelan III)
  4. Subject: Re: How to echo " character in a csh script???
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov20.162736.10289@athena.mit.edu>
  6. Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: barker-6-6.mit.edu
  8. Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  9. References:  <MEYER.92Nov19134651@ibsen.geomatic.no>
  10. Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:27:36 GMT
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  13. You wanted to know how to echo the " character in a shell script:
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  15. If you want to echo "hello" try this;
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  17. echo -n '"'
  18. echo -n hello
  19. echo '"'
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  21. Kinda obvious if you really think about it.
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  23.  
  24. -troutman
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