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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Removing quotes within quotes Post 302849273 by tastybrownies on Saturday 31st of August 2013 02:00:44 PM
Old 08-31-2013
Yes, the line itself always begins and ends with a quote. I will try both of your solutions and report back as soon as I can. Thank you very much for your guidance and help.
 

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