file-with-quote.nf

#!/usr/bin/env nextflow
/*
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 * Copyright 2013-2019, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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 */
nextflow.enable.dsl=1

process foo {
  input:
  file 'a b.txt' from file("$baseDir/data/data'3.txt")
  output:
  file 'x z.txt' into result
  '''
  cat 'a b.txt' > 'x z.txt'
  '''
}

result.view { it.text }