Hi, Karsten Hilbert: > Writing '''' would make the first quote escape the second. > Not escape, but …
> Or some such :-) > To make this more explicit: foo=''' ' echo This is Shell code exec python $0 ' ''' print("This is Python") So to Python, you have a (multiline, hence the triple-quote) string which contains of a space and a single quote, a linefeed, random text, and the reverse linefeed-singlequote-space combo. To the shell, $foo is a single space. In fact, I would do this slightly differently: #!/bin/sh # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- shell_code=''' ' echo This is Shell exec python $0 python_code=''' ## ONLY use DOUBLE quotes ‹"› after this line print("This is Python") # End of Python code. Do not modify this line. #' This way, "dash -n $SCRIPT" will ignore the Python code (since it's a string) and not report a syntax error. -- -- Matthias Urlichs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140721095510.ga15...@smurf.noris.de