RE: -e with single quotes
Dan Muey [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked: I'm tryign to do a perl -e '' command and am wondering if it is possible to do single quotes inside the single quotes. perl -e print \joe's mama\n\; perl -e 'print joe.chr(39).s mama;' HTH, Thomas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ http://learn.perl.org/first-response
RE: -e with single quotes
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone! I'll keep playing around until I get it all ironed out. Thanks! Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ http://learn.perl.org/first-response
-e with single quotes
Hello group. I'm tryign to do a perl -e '' command and am wondering if it is possible to do single quotes inside the single quotes. IE perl -e 'print joe's mama;' Obvo=iously won't work perl -e 'print joe\'s mama;' And any other versions of \\' all fail. Is there a way to use a single quote inside a single quoted -e command? Using a different character would just cause the same problem but with different characters right? TIA Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ http://learn.perl.org/first-response
RE: -e with single quotes
Guessing here but maybe you don't want to use *Perl's* escape, but instead use your *shell's* escape. Whatchu running from? -Tom Kinzer -Original Message- From: Dan Muey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 3:05 PM To: beginners Subject: -e with single quotes Hello group. I'm tryign to do a perl -e '' command and am wondering if it is possible to do single quotes inside the single quotes. IE perl -e 'print joe's mama;' Obvo=iously won't work perl -e 'print joe\'s mama;' And any other versions of \\' all fail. Is there a way to use a single quote inside a single quoted -e command? Using a different character would just cause the same problem but with different characters right? TIA Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ http://learn.perl.org/first-response -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ http://learn.perl.org/first-response
RE: -e with single quotes
Hmmm, that's a tough one. Normally you can still escape a single quote inside single quotes, but maybe in this case it would be just easier to do a: C:\ perl print 'joe\'s mama'; ^Z (for windows anyway) -Original Message- From: Dan Muey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 3:05 PM To: beginners Subject: -e with single quotes Hello group. I'm tryign to do a perl -e '' command and am wondering if it is possible to do single quotes inside the single quotes. IE perl -e 'print joe's mama;' Obvo=iously won't work perl -e 'print joe\'s mama;' And any other versions of \\' all fail. Is there a way to use a single quote inside a single quoted -e command? Using a different character would just cause the same problem but with different characters right? TIA Dan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ http://learn.perl.org/first-response -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ http://learn.perl.org/first-response
Re: -e with single quotes
From: Dan Muey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm tryign to do a perl -e '' command and am wondering if it is
possible to do single quotes inside the single quotes.
IE
perl -e 'print joe's mama;'
Obvo=iously won't work
perl -e 'print joe\'s mama;'
And any other versions of \\' all fail.
Is there a way to use a single quote inside a single quoted -e
command? Using a different character would just cause the same problem
but with different characters right?
WHAT IS YOUR OPERATING SYSTEM AND/OR SHELL ???
This is not really a Perl question ... you need your shell/command
prompt to do something, not Perl.
If you use Windows and its cmd.exe/command.com you have to use
doublequotes. Fullstop.
perl -e print qq{joe's mama\n}
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RE: -e with single quotes
Guessing here but maybe you don't want to use *Perl's* escape, but instead use your *shell's* escape. Oh yeah, duh. I thought \ was my shell's escape character(bash) Whatchu running from? Nothing, just want to be able to use single quotes :) -Tom Kinzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ http://learn.perl.org/first-response
Re: -e with single quotes
Dan Muey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello group.
I'm tryign to do a perl -e '' command and am wondering if it is
possible to do single quotes inside the single quotes.
IE
perl -e 'print joe's mama;'
Obvo=iously won't work
perl -e 'print joe\'s mama;'
And any other versions of \\' all fail.
Is there a way to use a single quote inside a single quoted -e command?
Using a different character would just cause the same problem but with
different characters right?
I've had this problem too, specifically when trying to run perl inside a Korn
shell script. The following, though, will work for you on Win32 or *nix
systems:
$ perl -e '$q=chr(0x27);print joe${q}s mama'
joe's mama
-Jeff
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RE: -e with single quotes
Dan Muey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello group.
I'm tryign to do a perl -e '' command and am wondering if it is
possible to do single quotes inside the single quotes.
IE
perl -e 'print joe's mama;'
Obvo=iously won't work
perl -e 'print joe\'s mama;'
And any other versions of \\' all fail.
Is there a way to use a single quote inside a single quoted -e
command? Using a different character would just cause the
same problem
but with different characters right?
I've had this problem too, specifically when trying to run
perl inside a Korn shell script. The following, though, will
work for you on Win32 or *nix
systems:
$ perl -e '$q=chr(0x27);print joe${q}s mama'
joe's mama
Beautiful Jeff, Beuatifull. I'll give that spin and see how she does.
Thanks again!
-Jeff
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Re: -e with single quotes
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 05:05:26PM -0600, Dan Muey wrote: perl -e 'print joe's mama;' Obvo=iously won't work perl -e 'print joe\'s mama;' And any other versions of \\' all fail. As you were told, this is a question of your shell. If you are using a bourne shell (zsh, bash, ksh, etc...) try this: perl -e 'print joe'\''s mama;' ^ ^ ^^^ 1 2 345 The trick is: 1. start single quoted string 2. end single quoted string 3. escaped single quote 4. start single quoted string 5. end single quoted string -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/ http://learn.perl.org/first-response
