The way I see it, variables are designed to be quoted. I think everyone assumes they aren't for some reason, which is is mistake. Just because you sometimes can

The way I see it, variables are designed to be quoted. I think everyone assumes they aren't for some reason, which is is mistake. Just because you sometimes can get away with not quoting doesn't mean it isn't incorrect. I can think of exactly one situation where you don't want to quote a bash variable, yet people do it constantly. it's frustrating. Thank god for shellcheck. It can yell at everyone for me