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diff --git a/bash.html.markdown b/bash.html.markdown
index 856db706..59aeaaf4 100644
--- a/bash.html.markdown
+++ b/bash.html.markdown
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ echo ${Variable: -5} # => tring
# String length
echo ${#Variable} # => 11
+# Indirect expansion
+OtherVariable="Variable"
+echo ${!OtherVariable} # => Some String
+# This will expand the value of OtherVariable
+
# Default value for variable
echo ${Foo:-"DefaultValueIfFooIsMissingOrEmpty"}
# => DefaultValueIfFooIsMissingOrEmpty
@@ -225,7 +230,9 @@ cat file.txt
# We can also read the file using `cat`:
Contents=$(cat file.txt)
-echo "START OF FILE\n$Contents\nEND OF FILE" # "\n" prints a new line character
+# "\n" prints a new line character
+# "-e" to interpret the newline escape characters as escape characters
+echo -e "START OF FILE\n$Contents\nEND OF FILE"
# => START OF FILE
# => [contents of file.txt]
# => END OF FILE