25 Jun 15 11:48, you wrote to all:

 DG>     Mm'kay, so I'm using GNU bash, version 4.1.2(1)-release
 DG> (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu), just to make sure that we're covering all
 DG> of the bases here.
 DG>     Basically what I would like to do is be able to get to the bottom
 DG> of this quoting bug that has been making it completely impossible for
 DG> me to utilize certain functionality, such as some of the ssh command
 DG> lines that I have been trying to utilize from within the shell
 DG> scripties here.

Did you read my reply to this in the LINUX echo? You never replied back.

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