Quotes in bash/zsh on a Mac

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Ross Scroggs

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Jun 11, 2021, 9:09:03 AM6/11/21
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Someone wrote about zsh on a Mac not properly hamdling an OU name containing a space.
This is a smart (curly) quotes issue usually caused by commands being entered in TextEdit and copied/pasted into Terminal.

Straight quotes - these are recognized by bash and zsh
gam info ou "/Students/Middle School"
gam info ou '/Students/Middle School'

Smart (curly) quotes - these are not recognized by bash and zsh
gam info ou “/Students/Middle School”
gam info ou ‘/Students/Middle School’

In TextEdit, open Preferences... and uncheck Smart quotes

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Ian Crew

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Jun 11, 2021, 10:13:03 AM6/11/21
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Or, if you’re doing a lot of this sort of thing, switching to a more-powerful text editor is also a good idea. Personally, I’m a massive fan of BBEdit. 

Cheers,

Ian

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Brian Kim

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Jun 14, 2021, 3:23:49 PM6/14/21
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Google Docs does the same thing!  Trying to use git more because of that.

Maj Marshall Giguere

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Jun 14, 2021, 3:33:00 PM6/14/21
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Have you tried  /xxxx/yyyy/aaaa\ bbbbb  to escape the space.  Sounds like it's being gobbled by the shell.

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Ross Scroggs

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Jun 14, 2021, 3:50:23 PM6/14/21
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The curly quotes don't work in any case, the fact that you might be trying to guard a space doesn't matter.
In the shells, foo bar "1234" has three arguments: foo bar and 1234; the straight quotes are stripped.
In the shells, foo bar “1234” has three arguments: foo bar and “1234”; the curly quotes are not stripped which isn't what you want.

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Kim Nilsson

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Jun 17, 2021, 10:53:36 AM6/17/21
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nano, mcedit and Visual Studio Code also don't introduce weird quotations.

Peter Smulders

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Jun 23, 2021, 5:14:55 AM6/23/21
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vim doesn't either. :) #greybeard #gitofmerlawn

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