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What is the difference between " and '

I am a bit confused between " and '.
Could any one give clear description?

Thanks in advance.

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All the variables between " " are expanded to their values at runtime. However, if the same variable is put between ' ', it is considered a literal string.

Code:

e.g. var='Test'
echo "$var" --> Output: Test
echo '$var' --> Output: $var

Hope it helps to understand.

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