Category "quoting"

Why does printf behave differently when called from a Makefile?

The printf program can be used to print binary data, e.g.: $ printf '%b' '\xff\xff' �� If I put this in a Makefile on its own, it works the same:

Remove surrounded quotes in vscode or toggle between quote and no quote

Is there any shortcut or extension for vscode which can help to remove surrounded quotes (single ' or double " ) around a selected text? See example below 'he

I just assigned a variable, but echo $variable shows something else

Here are a series of cases where echo $var can show a different value than what was just assigned. This happens regardless of whether the assigned value was "do