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Peter Mortensen
– Peter Mortensen

2020-05-07 12:14:16 +00:00
Commented May 7, 2020 at 12:14
Quoting variables (even with spaces with paths and metacharacters) is mostly not necessary if you're using Bash's [[...]]. The one exception is the RHS of =, e.g. [[ $VAR = "$VAR" ]]. (This is due to Bash interpreting the RHS as a glob.)

amphetamachine
– amphetamachine

2022-07-08 16:27:50 +00:00
Commented Jul 8, 2022 at 16:27

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