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[–] SpaceScotsman@startrek.website 59 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I\ don\'t\ know\ what\ you\ mean,\ I\'ve\ never\ encountered\ any\ annoyances.

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

'I don\'t know what you mean, I\'ve never encountered any annoyances.'

[–] gamma@programming.dev 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Single quotes don't allow any escaping in shell, you need

'I don'\''t know what you mean, I'\''ve never encountered any annoyances'

Or, in Zsh with setopt rcquotes:

'I don''t know what you mean, I''ve never encountered any annoyances'
[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh right, good catch. That's me shell scripting while in a meeting. 🫠

[–] stefenauris@pawb.social 4 points 1 month ago

Good use of a meeting to be fair

[–] quantenzitrone@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

it works in fish