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Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 23:49:55 -0400
From: Russ Cox <russcox@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] space in essid ....
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echo 'essid ''x y''' >ctl

or

cat >ctl
essid 'x y'
^D

if you just echo essid '''''' >ctl
that usually makes the card
pick the first one it sees.