Bash Quoting
Aug 27, 2009, 18:32 (2 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Mitch Frazier)
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"he basics of quoting are simple, use single or double quotes
when a value contains spaces:
a="hello world"
a='hello world'
"But single and double quotes are different. Single quotes don't
support any kind of variable substitution or escaping of special
characters inside the quoted string. Double quotes, on the other
hand, support both:"
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