Single Quote (') Token

Initiates or terminates a string (variables not expanded)

Description

Single quote is used to initiate and terminate strict strings where variables cannot be expanded.

Commands can also be quoted using single quotes (eg where a command might contain a space character in it's name)

Examples

» set: example='World!'

» out: 'Hello $example'
Hello $example

Detail

Quotes can also work over multiple lines

» out: 'foo
» bar'
foo
bar

See Also

• Array (@) Token: Expand values as an array
• Brace Quote (%(, )) Tokens: Initiates or terminates a string (variables expanded)
• Curly Brace ({, }) Tokens: Initiates or terminates a code block
• Double Quote (") Token: Initiates or terminates a string (variables expanded)
• String ($) Token: Expand values as a string
• Tilde (~) Token: Home directory path variable
• ( (brace quote): Write a string to the STDOUT without new line
• out: Print a string to the STDOUT with a trailing new line character
• set: Define a local variable and set it's value