Bash – Concatenate Strings

Concatenate Strings in Bash

To Concatenate Strings in Bash, use one of the following techniques.

Technique 1 – Using +=   : Append to variable

Appending str2 to str1. [str1 = str1 + str2]

~$ str1="Learn"
~$ str2=" Bash Scripting"
~$ str1+=$str2
~$ echo $str1
Learn Bash Scripting

Technique 2 – Keep two string variables side by side

~$ str1="Learn"
~$ str2=" Bash Scripting"
~$ str3=$str1$str2
~$ echo $str3
Learn Bash Scripting

Technique 3 – Use a string variable in another string

~$ str1="Learn"
~$ str2="$str1 Bash Scripting"
~$ echo $str2
Learn Bash Scripting

Conclusion

In this Bash Tutorial, we have learnt different ways to concatenate strings in Bash Scripting.