Re: variables in bash

[Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com>]

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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