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Bash echo output mix of string and character

I am taking an assessment and stumbled across the following sample question, but when I run the line it's none of the options? Which is the correct answer?

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Solution

  • That code looks more like PHP. . is the concatenation operator, and it can be used with both strings and numbers (it will convert the number to a string). The output will be

    Tomorrow will be January 3rd

    In bash, . has no special meaning, so it will be echoed literally. The echo command puts a space between each argument, so the output will be

    Tomorrow .  will be January  . 3 . rd