How to echo a variable? [closed]

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I use echo "smth $string", but I want that it would echo sm开发者_Go百科th $string, not variable. How can I do it?

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Escape the $:

echo "smth \$string"

Or maybe use single quotes

echo 'smth $string'

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does this work?

echo "smth \$string"