quoting echo 'it's friday'

#1 (**permalink**) 09-18-2002

echo 'it's friday'
why appear the >

TioTony · #2 (**permalink**) 09-18-2002

Try this:

echo "it's friday"

The > is because you have three ' and they must be matched in pairs. The shell is expecting you to complete the command.

asifraj · #3 (**permalink**) 09-19-2002

or use the \ characeter before the quotes

LivinFree · #4 (**permalink**) 09-20-2002

echo 'it\'s friday'
or
echo "it's friday"
or
echo it\'s friday

The shell is trying to match up your quotes, and thinks there is more output. So make sure the shell only tries to interpret one set of quotes at a time.

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