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@OliverWeiler: It will even work in Bourne shells such as Dash and the Heirloom Bourne Shell.
– Dennis Williamson
Commented Jun 10, 2012 at 17:05
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Not great if you need this in a function because you'll either need to 1) outdent the string all the way to the left of your file or 2) keep it indented to line up with the rest of your code but then it prints with the indents as well
– s g
Commented Oct 19, 2018 at 20:45
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Works. Also note use ' (single quotes) instead of " (double quotes) if you don't want the interpretation of the string. If you want $something or something in the output instead of it getting replaced.
– Eric
Commented Nov 6, 2021 at 15:03

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create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
indent code by 4 spaces
backtick escapes `like _so_`
quote by placing > at start of line
to make links (use https whenever possible)
<https://example.com>
[example](https://example.com)
<a href="https://example.com">example</a>

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