I have a problem with quoting/escaping in bash that I seem to run into periodically. Typically I find I'm using a command with a couple layers of "s and 's a lot so I decide it would be a good idea to turn it into an alias. At that point everything goes to hell. :) I use perl a lot so I'm particularly susceptable to the version of this problem where I get a command like: perl -e '$bar = "xyzzy"; print "foo\n\t$bar\n"' .. and want to turn it into a bash alias. Unfortunately I can never figure out where to put all the \s, 's, and "s to make this sort of thing work. Adding that next level of quotes to set the alias just causes all sorts of problems for me. Could someone either post a quick example of the syntax for making an alias out of the above perl command, or point me to something like a mini-howto on quoting/escaping in bash? TIA, -John -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq