Re^2: Matching @ in string

*cough*

$ perl -e 'if (\'h@t\' =~ /(\@)/ ) { print $1 }'
-bash: syntax error near unexpected token `('
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Not sure why - does escaping the single quote not work?

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Re^3: Matching @ in string by lima1 (Curate) on Nov 22, 2007 at 13:34 UTC
Because the bash does not change anything in the -e ' .. ' string. And `if (\'h@t\' =~ /(\@)/ ) {` [download] is no valid perl. And the -e string ends after `if (\`.	[reply] [d/l]