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> On Tue, Sep 29, 2026 at 10:00:41AM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> > I am trying to generate some 'fake' input using xte (and then xdotool
> > which shows exactly the same issue). I can get most characters OK but in
> > this particular case I need to send some double-quote " characters and
> > these appear in the output as @.
> >
> > So, for example:-
> >
> > chris$ echo 'str string "quoted string" string' | xte
> > chris$ string @quoted string@ string
>
> [...]
>
> Hm. No experience with xte; a tiny bit with xdotool. I'm not seeing
> this:
>
> tomas@caliban:~$ xdotool type 'foo"bar'
> foo"bartomas@caliban:~$ foo"bar
>
> (the doubling of foo"bar is due to the shell echo). So the " stays
> a ".
>
> What am I holding wrong?
>
Nothing! :-) However on my systems I see:-
chris@q957$ xdotool type 'foo"bar'
foo@barchris@q957$ foo@bar
I'm running Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie). I get the same problem on
two systems, one is a Lenovo T16 Thinkpad (laptop) and the other a
Fujitsu Q957 (mini desktop).
And the problem isn't in the echo command, I just tried:-
chris$ echo 'str xx""yy'
str xx""yy
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Chris Green
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