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Asked: 2026-06-08T22:25:09+00:00

I have a string as follows, although it throws an error when it gets

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I have a string as follows, although it throws an error when it gets to the colon, I have used @ to escape everything:

string vmListCommand = @"vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | sed '1d' | awk '{if ($1 > 0) print $1":"$2}'";
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    Remove @ and escape double quotes using \:

    string vmListCommand = "vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | sed '1d' | awk '{if ($1 > 0) print $1\":\"$2}'";

    You wrote:

    I have used @ to escape everything

    @ is used to change escaping bahaviour, not to escape everything. If a string is prefixed with @ then escape sequences (\) are ignored.

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