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- shell
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---
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# Quote marks in Bash
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## Single-quotes (aka _strong_ quotes)
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Bash will interpret everything in the string as a literal:
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```bash
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echo 'The directory is $(pwd)'
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# The directory is $(pwd)
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```
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## Double-quotes
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Bash will interpret strings as strings but will interpret expansions and
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substitutions as executable processes:
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```bash
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$pointlessVar='directory'
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echo "The ${pointlessVar}"
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# The directory is /home/thomas
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```
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It is therefore generally best to use double quotes whenever we wish to return
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mixed values.
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