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[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Coming from powershell scripting, every string is put in quotes and to be printed strings with variables are put in $($var) (e.g. Write-Host "Example-Issue: $($IssueVariable)")
Saves me the trouble of hoping that $IssueVariable isnt interpreted as a string butbas a variable by PowerShell.