Quotes in bash

Mr. Alex · 08-18-2010, 10:08 AM

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

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