Quotes Inside Quotes Linux
In the same step the variables are expanded textually replaced by their value.
Quotes inside quotes linux. Echo shell echo etc conf echo today is date the single quote the single quote quote protects everything enclosed between two single quote marks. Use double quotes when you want to display the real meaning of special variables. Please support me on patreon. Here is what happens to your command.
Wildcards inside quotes helpful. The shell interprets it thus removing the unescaped quotes from the string and applying them on the string. Explore 65 linux quotes by authors including linus torvalds richard stallman and steve ballmer at brainyquote. You have to escape the inner quotes toprotect them from being interpreted by the shell the first time.
Echo hostname hostname. The double quotes allowes to print the value of shell variable disables the meaning of wildcards and finally allows command substitution. Message is usd hostname dev db. Backslash can also retain its value when it is used by following backticks double quote and backslash.
Double quotes is another way to preserve the literal value of the characters.