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Command Line Quoting

In this hands-on lab we'll practice quoting and escaping special characters in Linux. Quoting and escaping strings can be frustrating, but developing an understanding of when to use single quotes, double quotes, and escape characters is necessary when working with Linux.

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Path Info

Level

Beginner

Duration

30m

Published

Jun 21, 2019

Challenge

Set `variable1`
1. Set variable1 to This is 'just' a "test".
```
variable1="This is 'just' a \"test\""
```
1. Write the variable to a new file named value.txt.
```
echo -e $variable1 > value.txt
```
Challenge

Set `variable2`
1. Set variable2 to This is a backslash "\" and this is a single quote '.
```
variable2="This is a backslash \"\\\" and this is a single quote '."
```
1. Append variable2 to the value.txt file.
```
echo -e $variable2 >> value.txt
```
Challenge

Set `variable3`
1. Set variable3 to 3 double quotes """, and 3 single quotes ''', and three backslashes \\\.
```
variable3="3 double quotes \"\"\", and 3 single quotes ''', and 3 backslashes \\\\\\\\\."
```
1. Append variable3 to the value.txt file.
```
echo -e $variable3 >> value.txt
```
Challenge

Set `variable4`
1. Set variable4 to This is what a newline character looks like \n, it will create a new line.
```
variable4="This is what a newline character looks like \\\n, it will create a new line."
```
1. Append variable4 to the value.txt file.
```
echo -e $variable4 >> value.txt
```

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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