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Mr. Alex

08-18-2010 10:08 AM

Quotes in bash

Are " and ' quotes the same for bash? Using them seems to show no difference, but is there any difference indeed?

stuart_cherrington

08-18-2010 10:11 AM

Have a look at http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls he's got some good examples of what they do and what they do badly!

konsolebox

08-18-2010 08:54 PM

See what this means

Code:

IFS=1234

VAR=1234

echo $VAR

Valery Reznic

08-19-2010 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr. Alex (Post 4070315)

Are " and ' quotes the same for bash? Using them seems to show no difference, but is there any difference indeed?

Try:

Code:

var=this_is_var_value

echo "$var"

echo '$var'

colucix

08-19-2010 02:12 AM

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