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# 1  
Old 06-17-2014
Adding double quotes at the end of string
My input is this:
Inputfile = file.txt

needs to change to,
Inputfile = file.txt"

I have tried using:
Inputfile = `echo ${Inputfile}"'

doesn't work for me.

Similarly how do I change it to all double quotes:
Inputfile = "file.txt"
# 2  
Old 06-17-2014
Hello and welcome to the forum.

You need to escape the special char 'doublequotes' with a leading backslash.
Eg: \"
Wich would then become:
Code:
inputfile = file.txt\"
# OR
inputfile = "file.txt\""

However, i would assume that you have some quotation errors somewhere else in your script.

For the future, please use the
Code:
CO
DE

tags to make your examples easier to read.

Hope this helps
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# 3  
Old 06-17-2014
@bvnprasad123 and sea :

if you are defining variable then please take care about space

you might receive this error
Code:
$ Inputfile = file.txt
Inputfile: command not found

where as this is valid
Code:
$ Inputfile=file.txt

Last edited by Akshay Hegde; 06-22-2014 at 09:24 AM..
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# 4  
Old 06-17-2014
Quote:
Originally Posted by sea
Hello and welcome to the forum.

You need to escape the special char 'doublequotes' with a leading backslash.
Eg: \"
Wich would then become:
Code:
inputfile = file.txt\"
# OR
inputfile = "file.txt\""

However, i would assume that you have some quotation errors somewhere else in your script.

For the future, please use the
Code:
CO
DE

tags to make your examples easier to read.

Hope this helps
My bad for not using code.Thanks for the help
# 5  
Old 06-17-2014
Try like this

Code:
akshay@Aix:~$ x="file.txt"
akshay@Aix:~$ echo $x
file.txt

akshay@Aix:~$ y="\"$x"\"
akshay@Aix:~$ echo $y
"file.txt"

akshay@Aix:~$ z="$x"\"
akshay@Aix:~$ echo $z
file.txt"

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