>
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 07:53:07AM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > lynx does this internally (to invoke external programs). most cases can
> > be handled by using single quotes around the whole string, and a backslash
> > before a single quote, e.g.,
> >
> > 'this isn\'t a sentence'
>
> That doesn't work either on /bin/sh or on bash 2.02.1 here on Solaris 8.
> Oh, and it doesn't work on /bin/csh or tcsh 6.08. Or /bin/ksh...
>
> You'd need to write
>
> 'this isn'\''t a sentence.'
agree (I should test before responding).
This also works (but double-quotes aren't as good):
"this isn\'t a sentence."
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