[Linux-disciples] echo

[Stephen R Laniel]

Is it just me, or is this odd?

(10:57) slaniel at TheloniousMonk:~$ echo "some \"stuff\""
some "stuff"
(10:57) slaniel at TheloniousMonk:~$ echo 'some \'stuff\''
>

Shouldn't the quoting behavior be identical? I would think
the shell would do a first pass over either line, strip off
the single quotes, convert the escaped inner quotes into
literal quotes, and echo. No?

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