# How to interpolate into the \`julia -c\` shell command

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [November 27, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-interpolate-into-the-julia-c-shell-command/90883 "2022-11-27T03:31:15Z")\
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The standard solution is to quote variables (which you should _ **always** _ do anyway), not to hack `IFS`:

```julia
julia -e "${code}"

```

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