I avoid using ' or " in one-liners or even programs. I use q() or qq(). These are quote-like operators for single quote and double quote. There are, of course, many more: https://perldoc.perl.org/perlop#Quote-and-Quote-like-Operators gizmo _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos