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-rw-r--r--bash.html.markdown10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bash.html.markdown b/bash.html.markdown
index 35bed9a2..e0c12f97 100644
--- a/bash.html.markdown
+++ b/bash.html.markdown
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ contributors:
- ["Anton Strömkvist", "http://lutic.org/"]
- ["Rahil Momin", "https://github.com/iamrahil"]
- ["Gregrory Kielian", "https://github.com/gskielian"]
+ - ["Etan Reisner", "https://github.com/deryni"]
filename: LearnBash.sh
---
@@ -36,7 +37,14 @@ VARIABLE="Some string"
# But not like this:
VARIABLE = "Some string"
# Bash will decide that VARIABLE is a command it must execute and give an error
-# because it couldn't be found.
+# because it can't be found.
+
+# Or like this:
+VARIABLE= 'Some string'
+# Bash will decide that 'Some string' is a command it must execute and give an
+# error because it can't be found. (In this case the 'VARIABLE=' part is seen
+# as a variable assignment valid only for the scope of the 'Some string'
+# command.)
# Using the variable:
echo $VARIABLE