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On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 17:46:37, cyg Simple wrote:
> $ cygstart bash -c \"echo \\\'\; read\"
> $ export z="'"
> $ bash -c "echo \\${z}; read"

works

> $ cygstart bash -c \"echo \\\\${z}\; read\"

this assumes that "z" is something, if you do "z=" then it breaks

> $ bash -c 'echo \'; read'
> 
> fails to work when I think it should as the \ should cause the '
> following it to be ignored by the command line processor.

na, you can never single quote a single quote, it is not possible. you have to
split the string on each single quote, assuming the string has any - then you
single quote the substrings as needed and escape the single delimiting quotes:

    $ echo "hello ' world"
    + echo 'hello '\'' world'

it gets more complicated with cygstart because an extra layer of
quoting/escaping is added - I about have a function to automate it - hopefully
will post soon


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