# System.util.execute passing quotes in parameters

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-execute-passing-quotes-in-parameters/102822>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, vision\
**Created:** [February 25, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-execute-passing-quotes-in-parameters/102822 "2025-02-25T00:03:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dustin\_VanKeuren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@Dustin\_VanKeuren](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dustin_VanKeuren)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-execute-passing-quotes-in-parameters/102822/1 "2025-02-25T00:03:11Z")

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Trying to launch an app using system.util.execute that requires quotes in one of its parameters. the parameter looks something like this: /M="Some message here" It seem when I put the quotes in the list entry they are getting stripped out. I am assuming they need to be escaped, but not sure how to do that.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-execute-passing-quotes-in-parameters/102822/2 "2025-02-25T00:11:05Z")

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What have you tried?

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**Author:** ![Dustin\_VanKeuren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b782af/32.png) [@Dustin\_VanKeuren](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Dustin_VanKeuren)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 3:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-execute-passing-quotes-in-parameters/102822/3 "2025-02-25T15:16:46Z")

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Ok, since I had not yet actually tried anything yet, I decided to try what I was initially going to try. I doubled up the quotes and that worked.

I guess I was being lazy by not trying something first!

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-util-execute-passing-quotes-in-parameters/102822/4 "2025-02-25T16:07:08Z")

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> [@Dustin\_VanKeuren](#):
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> /M="Some message here"

If you're passing the whole line as a string you should be able to use either,  
`'/M="Some message here"'`  
or  
`"/M='Some message here'"`