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usenix

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From: Bremen, EU

Registered: 2004-06-30

Posts: 14

scripting: quotes within quotes

hi all!

I have to connect to an wireless network with a space in its name (orient 7). Connecting manually with iwconfig is no problem, but how do I setup the wireless script in /etc/conf.d since there are already double quotes?

I tried already:

wlan_wlan0="wlan0 ... "orient 7" ... "

wlan_wlan0='wlan0 ... "orient 7" ... '

but without success

Any help would be appreciated!

stonecrest

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From: Boulder

Registered: 2005-01-22

Posts: 1,190

Re: scripting: quotes within quotes

I think you could do

wlan_wlan0="wlan0 ... 'orient 7' ..."

or

wlan_wlan0="wlan0 ... "orient 7" ... "

But I have not tested either.

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jaboua

Member

Registered: 2005-11-05

Posts: 634

Re: scripting: quotes within quotes

Is this a config file or a script you made? If it's a script, it often works fine with mixing single and double quotes.

usenix

Member

From: Bremen, EU

Registered: 2004-06-30

Posts: 14

Re: scripting: quotes within quotes

it's a config file but I suppose these lines are part of a script.

Neither of your suggestions couldn't help me - they are interpreted as:

"orient 7'"

and

"orient 7""

sh__

Member

Registered: 2005-07-19

Posts: 272

Re: scripting: quotes within quotes

How about a backslash?

wlan_wlan0="wlan0 ... orient 7 ... "