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-====== Ubuntu - Bash - Quotes ======
-There are 3 types of quotes.  Each of the quotes bring different meaning and usage.
-<code>
-' a.k.a. single quotes - Everything wrapped in this quote won't be changed (Strong quotes)
-" a.k.a. double quotes - Quotes that doesn't expand meta-characters like "*" or "?," but does expand variables and does command substitution (Weaker quotes)
-` a.k.a. back quotes - To execute command
-</code>
-Examples of quotes usage (top lines are commands and the output are displayed below the commands):
-----
-Example of using back quotes within single quotes.  Nothing is changed.
-<code bash>
-echo 'Today is `date`'
-Today is `date`
-</code>
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-Example of using back quotes within double quotes.  The `date` command will be executed:
-<code bash>
-echo "Today is `date`"
-Today is Mon May 26 09:42:50 MYT 2008
-</code>