Try this:
command => "echo \"I want to see ${string}\"",
i.e. send a double quoted string containing single quotes to the echo
command rather than a single quoted string containing single quotes.
HTH,
- thomas
On Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 5:20:00 PM UTC+1, Vadym Chepkov wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
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