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How to concatenate string variables in Bash

In PHP, strings are concatenated together as follows: $foo = "Hello"; $foo .= " World"; Here, $foo becomes "Hello World". How is this …

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How can I check if a directory exists in a Bash shell script?

What command can be used to check if a directory exists or not, within a Bash shell script?

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How do I tell if a regular file does not exist in Bash?

I've used the following script to see if a file exists: #!/bin/bash FILE=$1 if [ -f $FILE ]; then echo "File $…

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How do I split a string on a delimiter in Bash?

I have this string stored in a variable: IN="[email protected];[email protected]" Now I would like to …

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Echo newline in Bash prints literal \n

In Bash, tried this: echo -e "hello\nworld" But it doesn't print a newline, only \n. How can I make …

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How to check if a string contains a substring in Bash

I have a string in Bash: string="My string" How can I test if it contains another string? if [ $string ?? …

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How do I set a variable to the output of a command in Bash?

I have a pretty simple script that is something like the following: #!/bin/bash VAR1="$1" MOREF='sudo run command against $…

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How to get the source directory of a Bash script from within the script itself?

How do I get the path of the directory in which a Bash script is located, inside that script? I …

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Looping through the content of a file in Bash

How do I iterate through each line of a text file with Bash? With this script: echo "Start!" for p …

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How to create a file in Linux from terminal window?

What's the easiest way to create a file in Linux terminal?

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