[ILUG] Parameter expansion in the shell

Braun Brelin bbrelin at gmail.com
Wed Jan 16 17:46:39 GMT 2008


Hello all,

I'm trying to figure out what differences there are between the following:

$Foo

${Foo}

I know about the ability to use parameter expansion to set default values
like {Foo:-value} or ${Foo:=value}, but is there any practical difference
between the

two choices above?

Thanks,

Braun



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