From: Timothy Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2006-10-06T20:50:16+09:00
Subject: Re: script arg with doble quote

Une b�vue wrote:
> when i have a path like that :
>
> /path/to/"Hello\ world"/
>
> this string being the argument of a ruby script (the same does apply for
> shell scripts) i don't get it right but rather :
>
> /path/to/Hello world/
>
> the doble quotes vanished due to shell.
>
> i get this arg by the Finder (Mac OS X)
>
> then, i can't change it because if the argument where single quotes
> wrapped like that :
>
> '/path/to/"Hello\ world"/'
>
> i get the right arg, saying :
>
> /path/to/"Hello world"/
>
> someone sees a workaround ?
>
>
>   
Just escape the double quotes the same way you escape the blank:

\"Hello,\ world\"