Hi Vadim,
I used following: (the $string uses <double><single> .... <single><double> quotes [johan@zbook ~]$ cat test.pp $string = "'a quoted string'" exec { 'show string': command => "echo \"I want to see ${string}\"", logoutput => true, path => '/bin:/usr/bin', } [johan@zbook ~]$ puppet apply test.pp Notice: Compiled catalog for zbook.koewacht.net in environment production in 0.06 seconds Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Exec[show string]/returns: I want to see 'a quoted string' Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Exec[show string]/returns: executed successfully Notice: Applied catalog in 0.06 seconds -----Original message----- From: Vadym Chepkov <vchep...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday 13th December 2015 17:20 To: Puppet Users <puppet-users@googlegroups.com> Subject: [Puppet Users] How to include quoted string into a command Hi, I can't figure out how to include a single quoted string into a command, not matter what escaping I do. Here is a simplified code : $string = '\'a quoted string\'' exec { 'show string': command => "echo \'I want to see ${string}\'", logoutput => true, path => '/bin:/usr/bin', } Quotes don't show up, no matter what. What do I do wrong? $ puppet --version 3.6.2 (Puppet Enterprise 3.3.2) Thanks, Vadym -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/923ff9af-4321-4dee-a7b9-8002a1204042%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/zarafa.566e9210.4d81.231b159c69c0d5ff%40zarafa.open-future.be. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.