Interpolate within single quotes

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                          I have the following:  

    COMMENT="A random comment"  
    TEXT_JSON='{"person" : "Jim","comment" : "$COMMENT"}'    
    echo "$TEXT_JSON" | jq .  

This prints  

    {  
      "person": "Jim",  
      "comment": "$COMMENT"  
    } 

which is not what I want. How can I interpolate the string here?

Asked by Jim (1479 rep)

Jun 5, 2018, 11:16 AM
Last activity: Oct 22, 2024, 09:01 AM

Interpolate within single quotes

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