Bash: quotes inside quotes without printing'em

Daniella Mesquita — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 01:26:50 +0000

contents="$(jq ".name = \"$writefrom_caproj_name\"" "$manifestwebapp_absolute_path")" && \
# credits from https://linuxconfig.org/string-concatenation-in-bash
echo "${contents}" > manifest.webapp

Special attention to this part:

"$(jq ".name = \"$writefrom_caproj_name\"" "$manifestwebapp_absolute_path")"

It simply doesn't works, as "$manifestwebapp_absolute_path" is using quotes inside quotes.

And using \"$manifestwebapp_absolute_path\" results in escaping the quotes BUT is also printing them.
So, how to use quotes inside quotes, somewhat like escaping them but without printing'em out?
Many thanks in advance! 🙏

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Bash: quotes inside quotes without printing'em