Variable Basics
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Variable Basics
Bash variables are assigned with name=value and no spaces around the =. You read a variable's value by prefixing it with $, like $name. Bash has no static types — every variable is stored as a string internally, even when it holds something that looks numeric.
Warning: name = value (with spaces) is a syntax error — Bash interprets it as trying to run a command called name.
Example: Variable Basics
#!/bin/bash
name="Alice"
age=30
echo "Name: $name"
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