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Asked: 2026-06-04T04:41:29+00:00

I am working with AppleScript and need to do this: set TextToWrite to #!/bin/bash

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I am working with AppleScript and need to do this:

set TextToWrite to " #!/bin/bash cd "$( dirname "$0" )" java -server -Xmx4G -jar ./craftbukkit.jar" "

As you can see, the text I need to make into a string has quotes in it. How do I set 

#!/bin/bash cd "$( dirname "$0" )" java -server -Xmx4G -jar ./craftbukkit.jar"

to an AppleScript string without the quotes messing it up?

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  1. Editorial Team

    To insert literal quotes into an Applescript string, you have to escape them, i.e.

    set myString to "This is a \"quoted\" text."

    AppleScript has the same convention as most languages, which is to use a backslash for escaping of special characters, of which there are only two: quotes and … backslash. See the section “Special string characters” of the AppleScript Language Guide.

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