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Moneer81
Moneer81

Reputation: 305

What is the meaning of a variable surrounded by two at symbols (@) in bash?

I came across this line in a bash script:

application=@applicationName@

Then I later see application being used as a variable (e.g. ${application}). But I have no idea what the two "at symbols" (@) are doing or the meaning of this syntax. I have never seen it before.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 623

Answers (2)

Alexander
Alexander

Reputation: 63157

As far as Bash is concerned, this is just a string like any other, as if you did:

application="@applicationName@"

Upvotes: 2

chepner
chepner

Reputation: 530872

It's not part of bash. The file is intended to be proprocessed by some other program (replacing @applicationName@ with an actual name somewhere else) before being executed by bash.

Upvotes: 3

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