Bash variables and functions

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A variable is a temporary store for a piece of information. There are two actions we may perform for variables: first - setting a value for a variable, second - reading the value for a variable. To read the variable we place its name preceded by a $ sign. To learn more, let’s create a shell script that will backup the home directory into a zipped (tar.gz) file.

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