Re: variables in bash

From	Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: variables in bash
Date	2024-03-28 12:30 +0100
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On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 10:37:25AM +0100, Hans wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> just an easy question:
> 
> What is the difference (if any) between the following two variables in a 
> shellfile in bash:
> 
> 1. mypath=/home/user1/Tools/

Here you are assigning a value to the variable "mypath". You can surround
"/home/user1/Tools" with quotes if you like, but it is not strictly
necessary.

> 
> and $mypath

Here you are actually *using* the variable "mypath".

Here is another example:

NAME="paulf"
echo "My name is $NAME."

which will yield:

My name is paulf.

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variables in bash Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2024-03-28 10:40 +0100
  Re: variables in bash Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-03-28 12:20 +0100
    [SOLVED] Re: variables in bash Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2024-03-28 14:10 +0100
  Re: variables in bash Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> - 2024-03-28 12:30 +0100

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