Difference between single and double quotes in Bash
Single quotes won’t interpolate anything, but double quotes will. For example: variables, backticks, certain \ escapes, etc. Example: $ echo “$(echo “upg”)” upg $ echo ‘$(echo “upg”)’ $(echo “upg”) The Bash manual has this to say: 3.1.2.2 Single Quotes Enclosing characters in single quotes (‘) preserves the literal value of each character within the quotes. … Read more