Understanding Linux and Unix Environmental Variables
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Variables are an important part of shell scripting, just as they are for every programming language. Simply put, a variable defines a location in system memory that holds a value for later use. This value can be a text string, a number, a filename, or the output of a command. The nice thing about variables is that you can assign a value to one once, and then re-use that value as many times as you like by simply referencing the name of the variable. There are several types of variables, and in this post we'll look at environmental variables.
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