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Add another very common shell variable assignment mistake.

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Etan Reisner
2015-04-26 13:32:41 -04:00
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@@ -37,7 +37,14 @@ VARIABLE="Some string"
# But not like this: # But not like this:
VARIABLE = "Some string" VARIABLE = "Some string"
# Bash will decide that VARIABLE is a command it must execute and give an error # 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: # Using the variable:
echo $VARIABLE echo $VARIABLE