How do you use wildcards or any other special character in quotes, single quotes or backtick?

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How do you make it so Linux doesn't take it literally? For example

echo "This is my list of file ls -l"

I know their is another way of doing it for example

echo "This is my list of file" ; ls -l

But I'm trying to keep the ls -l inside the echo.

When I type in **echo "This is my life of file ls -l"** . . .I'm expecting to see **echo "This is my list of file" ; ls -l** I'm not expecting it to print out **This is my list of file ls -l** so, I'm basically trying to figure out what special characters can I use within the **" "** or **' '** or **` `** so I can perform **ls -l** while in quotation. — user6260366, Apr 28 '16 at 17:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 29 '16 at 02:34

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You could use:

echo "This is my list of file $(ls -l)"

This will print the output of ls -l inside the echo statement.

answered Apr 29 '16 at 02:34

Darney

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