Concatenate Variables to Strings in Bash

In Bash Scripting, variables can store data of different data types. Often it is required to append variables to strings or include them in a string while echoing some debug information to the screen.

In this tutorial, we shall learn to concatenate variables to Strings and also learn to include variables within a string while echoing.

Include variable in a String

A variable could be embedded in a string by using variable substitution using $ and variable name.

In the following example, we will take a value in a variable, and include this variable in a string using $ followed by variable name. The resulting string will have the value of variable in place of $variable.

Bash Script

#!/bin/bash

n1=10
echo "Number of Apples : $n1"

Output

Number of Apples : 10
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Concatenate Two Variables using String

In the following example, we use the idea of including variables in a string to concatenate two variables.

Bash Script

#!/bin/bash

n1=10
str1="Number of Apples : "
str1="$str1$n1"
echo $str1

Output

Number of Apples : 10

Conclusion

In this Bash Tutorial, we learned how to concatenate variables to Strings in Bash.