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xbindkeys escape quotes

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Mar 15, 20261035 views
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Problem

How can I escape quotes in .xbindkeysrc commands? Neither of those work. (The commands raises the PulseAudio volume level)

Error Output

"pacmd dump|awk --non-decimal-data '$1~/set-sink-volume/{system ("pacmd "$1" "$2" "$3+2500)}'"

"pacmd dump|awk --non-decimal-data '\$1~/set-sink-vol…

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Fix for: xbindkeys escape quotes

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There's two separate issues here, and I'll try to address both. The first is how to correctly quote a command in . All you have to do is take a command that works in , then put double quotes around it. For example, for a command with a space in it, …

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