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My code is as below,

file="test.text"
while IFS= read line
do
        # display $line or do somthing with $line
    x="\'$line\'"
    echo $x
    # sleep 10

done <"$file"

However, this one gives me following result.

\'google.com

Any help is appreciated

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  • Have you tried x="\'${line}\'" ? Commented Jul 19, 2018 at 15:37

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The escape characters are not needed for a single quote within double quotes. Double quotes already escape single quotes. Just use:

x="'${line}'"
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  • It gives me following out put 'google.com, it doesn't add quote around end Commented Jul 19, 2018 at 15:37
  • @KppatelPatel: what are the contents of test.text? Commented Jul 19, 2018 at 15:38
  • file that is converted from CSV to text, each line is just url Commented Jul 19, 2018 at 15:40
  • @KppatelPatel: I think you have a typo somewhere in your code that isn't displayed here than because it works fine for me. Commented Jul 19, 2018 at 15:44
  • It seems like something is wrong when I convert csv to text file, when I diligently copy data from file to another file, it worked. Commented Jul 19, 2018 at 15:47

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