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→INVESTIGATION 3: QUOTING SPECIAL CHARACTERS
# Issue the following Linux command (using single quotes): <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">echo '* $USER *'</span><br><br>What happened? Why is the output display like this?<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command (using double quotes): <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">echo "* $USER *"</span><br><br>What happened? Why?<br><br>
# Let's use quoting special characters for a couple of other commands. Move to the '''lesson2''' directory. Confirm that you are currently located in the ''lesson2'' directory.<br><br>'''NOTE:''' Although it is NOT RECOMMENDED to create a filename using a special character (remember that file naming rulerules?), <br>we will create an empty file called "*"<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command (using single quotes): <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">touch '*'</span><br><br>
# Issue the '''ls''' command. Do you now see a file called "*" in addition to the other copied files?<br><br>
