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[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] gamma@programming.dev 6 points 2 days 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'
[–] quantenzitrone@lemmings.world 1 points 16 hours ago

it works in fish

[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] stefenauris@pawb.social 3 points 1 day ago

Good use of a meeting to be fair