escape quotes in commands
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Description
If you add to your config e.g. bash -c "echo foo", it gets turned into mon "bash -c "echo foo"" which means the inner quotes essentially get ignored and the running process will look like mon bash -c echo foo, when it should look like mon bash -c "echo foo".
The fix is to escape the inner quotes, the user can do this manually but I think we should probably do this for them. I wonder if it is as simple as simply replacing " with \"?
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Research direction
Start by tracing how configured commands are assembled into the displayed or launched mon command. Use the bash -c "echo foo" example to verify the current quoting behavior; done means the inner quotes remain part of the command rather than being ignored.
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- Tech stack
- bash
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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