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[–] SpaceScotsman@startrek.website 59 points 1 week ago (5 children)

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

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

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

[–] gamma@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago (3 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 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] stefenauris@pawb.social 3 points 6 days ago

Good use of a meeting to be fair

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